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Bosonic symmetry protected topological phases with reflection symmetry

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2015-12-18 v3

Abstract

We study two-dimensional bosonic symmetry protected topological (SPT) phases which are protected by reflection symmetry and local symmetry [ZNRZ_N\rtimes R, ZN×RZ_N\times R, U(1)R\rtimes R, or U(1)×R\times R], in the search for two-dimensional bosonic analogs of topological crystalline insulators in integer-SS spin systems with reflection and spin-rotation symmetries. To classify them, we employ a Chern-Simons approach and examine the stability of edge states against perturbations that preserve the assumed symmetries. We find that SPT phases protected by ZNRZ_N\rtimes R symmetry are classified as Z2×Z2\mathbb{Z}_2\times\mathbb{Z}_2 for even NN and 0 (no SPT phase) for odd NN while those protected by U(1)R\rtimes R symmetry are Z2\mathbb{Z}_2. We point out that the two-dimensional Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki state of S=2S=2 spins on the square lattice is a Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 SPT phase protected by reflection and π\pi-rotation symmetries.

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@article{arxiv.1509.04395,
  title  = {Bosonic symmetry protected topological phases with reflection symmetry},
  author = {Tsuneya Yoshida and Takahiro Morimoto and Akira Furusaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.04395},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

11+epsilon pages, 2 figures; v3: typos corrected