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Topological Order Parameters for Interacting Topological Insulators

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2018-10-24 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science

Abstract

We propose a topological order parameter for interacting topological insulators, expressed in terms of the full Green's functions of the interacting system. We show that it is exactly quantized for a time reversal invariant topological insulator, and it can be experimentally measured through the topological magneto-electric effect. This topological order parameter can be applied to both interacting and disordered systems, and used for determining their phase diagrams.

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@article{arxiv.1004.4229,
  title  = {Topological Order Parameters for Interacting Topological Insulators},
  author = {Zhong Wang and Xiao-Liang Qi and Shou-Cheng Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.4229},
  year   = {2018}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures. Published version

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