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Topological invariants for interacting topological insulators with inversion symmetry

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2012-04-19 v4

Abstract

For interacting Z_2 topological insulators with inversion symmetry, we propose a simple topological invariant expressed in terms of the parity eigenvalues of the interacting Green's function at time-reversal invariant momenta. We derive this result from our previous formula involving the integral over the frequency-momenta space. This formula greatly simplifies the explicit calculation of Z_2 topological invariants in inversion symmetric insulators with strong interactions.

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@article{arxiv.1201.6431,
  title  = {Topological invariants for interacting topological insulators with inversion symmetry},
  author = {Zhong Wang and Xiao-Liang Qi and Shou-Cheng Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.6431},
  year   = {2012}
}

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Fig.2 added. Published version