Chern numbers as half-signature of the spectral localizer

DOI10.1063/1.5094300zbMATH Open1421.82040arXiv1907.11382OpenAlexW2966197468WikidataQ127439477 ScholiaQ127439477MaRDI QIDQ5228061FDOQ5228061

Authors: Edgar Lozano Viesca, Jonas Schober, Hermann Schulz-Baldes 

Publication date: 8 August 2019

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Two recent papers proved that complex index pairings can be calculated as the half-signature of a finite dimensional matrix, called the spectral localizer. This paper contains a new proof of this connection for even index pairings based on a spectral flow argument. It also provides a numerical study of the spectral gap and the half-signature of the spectral localizer for a typical two-dimensional disordered topological insulator in the regime of a mobility gap at the Fermi energy. This regime is not covered by the above mathematical results (which suppose a bulk gap), but nevertheless the half-signature of the spectral localizer is a clear indicator of a topological phase.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.11382

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zbMATH Keywords

spectral gapChern numbers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Disordered systems (random Ising models, random Schrödinger operators, etc.) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B44) Statistical mechanics of solids (82D20) Spectral flows (58J30)

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