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Interaction effect on topological classification of superconductors in two dimensions

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2014-02-05 v2

Abstract

We introduce a new class of superconductors (SCs) in two spatial dimensions with time reversal symmetry and reflection (i.e., mirror) symmetry. In the absence of interactions, topological classes of these SCs are distinguished by an integer-valued (Z\mathbb{Z}) topological invariant. When interactions are included, we show that the topological classification is modified to Z8\mathbb{Z}_8. This clearly demonstrates that interactions can have qualitative effect on topological classifications of gapped states of matter in more than one dimension.

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@article{arxiv.1202.5805,
  title  = {Interaction effect on topological classification of superconductors in two dimensions},
  author = {Hong Yao and Shinsei Ryu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.5805},
  year   = {2014}
}

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4+epsilon pages,added references, published version in PRB

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