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$\mathbb Z_2$~Green's function topology of Majorana wires

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2013-06-06 v2

Abstract

We represent the Z2\mathbb Z_2~topological invariant characterizing a one dimensional topological superconductor using a Wess-Zumino-Witten dimensional extension. The invariant is formulated in terms of the single particle Green's function which allows to classify interacting systems. Employing a recently proposed generalized Berry curvature method, the topological invariant is represented independent of the extra dimension requiring only the single particle Green's function at zero frequency of the interacting system. Furthermore, a modified twisted boundary conditions approach is used to rigorously define the topological invariant for disordered interacting systems.

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@article{arxiv.1207.1104,
  title  = {$\mathbb Z_2$~Green's function topology of Majorana wires},
  author = {Jan Carl Budich and Björn Trauzettel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.1104},
  year   = {2013}
}

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