Bulk-Boundary Correspondence for Topological Insulators with Quantized Magneto-Electric Effect

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AB8415MaRDI QIDQ6303153arXivFDO

Authors Bryan Leung, Emil Prodan

Publication date 18 June 2018

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/AB8415

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R15) Correspondence, duality, holography (AdS/CFT, gauge/gravity, etc.) (81T35) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70)

arXiv classification

cond-mat.str-elmath-phmath.MP

Abstract: We study bulk-boundary correspondences and related surface phenomena stabilized by the second Chern number in three-dimensional insulators driven in adiabatic cycles. Magnetic fields and disorder effects are incorporated in our analysis using operator algebraic methods. We use the connecting maps between the $K$-theories of bulk and boundary algebras as engines for the bulk-boundary correspondences. We discovered that both the exponential and the index connecting maps are relevant for the context considered here as they lead to distinct experimentally observable surface phenomena, such as pumping and transfer of quantum surface Hall states or proximity induced Hall effect. The surface Hall physics of time-reversal symmetric topological insulators is also investigated using the new tools, which can model irrational magnetic fluxes and arbitrary large surface disorder.

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