\(2d\) Fu-Kane-Mele invariant as Wess-Zumino action of the sewing matrix

DOI10.1007/s11005-016-0922-yzbMath1370.53024arXiv1606.05581OpenAlexW3105730771MaRDI QIDQ524129

Krzysztof Gawędzki

Publication date: 25 April 2017

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.05581

zbMATH Keywords

topological insulatorsbundle gerbesKane-Mele invariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric aspects of gerbes and differential characters (53C08)

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Differential topology of semimetals ⋮ Differential geometric invariants for time-reversal symmetric Bloch bundles. II: The low-dimensional ``quaternionic case ⋮ On the ℤ2 topological invariant ⋮ Topological insulators and the Kane–Mele invariant: Obstruction and localization theory ⋮ Gerbes in geometry, field theory, and quantisation

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