On topological obstructions to the existence of non-periodic Wannier bases

DOI10.1063/5.0154734arXiv2304.00125OpenAlexW4392914983MaRDI QIDQ6203741FDOQ6203741

Yuri A. Kordyukov, Vladimir M. Manuilov

Publication date: 8 April 2024

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

Abstract: Recently, M. Ludewig and G. C. Thiang introduced a notion of a uniformly localized Wannier basis with localization centers in an arbitrary uniformly discrete subset $D$ in a complete Riemannian manifold $X$. They show that, under certain geometric conditions on $X$, the class of the orthogonal projection onto the span of such a Wannier basis in the $K$-theory of the Roe algebra $C^{*}(X)$ is trivial. In this short note, we clarify the geometric conditions on $X$, which guarantee triviality of the $K$-theory class of any Wannier projection. We show that this property is equivalent to triviality of the unit of the uniform Roe algebra of $D$ in the $K$-theory of its Roe algebra, and provide a geometric criterion for that. As a consequence, we prove triviality of the $K$-theory class of any Wannier projection on a connected proper measure space $X$ of bounded geometry with a uniformly discrete set of localization centers, coarsely equivalent to $X$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.00125

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Partial differential equations (35-XX) Quantum theory (81-XX)

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