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Translation invariant topological superconductors on lattice

Superconductivity 2015-05-13 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

In this paper we introduce four Z_2 topological indices zeta_k=0,1 at k=(0,0), (0,pi), (pi, 0), (pi, pi) characterizing 16 universal classes of 2D superconducting states that have translation symmetry but may break any other symmetries. The 16 classes of superconducting states are distinguished by their even/odd numbers of fermions on even-by-even, even-by-odd, odd-by-even, and odd-by-odd lattices. As a result, the 16 classes topological superconducting states exist even for interacting systems. For non-interacting systems, we find that zeta_k is the number of electrons on k=(0,0), (0,pi), (pi, 0), or (pi,pi) orbitals (mod 2) in the ground state. For 3D superconducting states with only translation symmetry, there are 256 different types of topological superconductors.

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@article{arxiv.0907.3224,
  title  = {Translation invariant topological superconductors on lattice},
  author = {Su-Peng Kou and Xiao-Gang Wen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.3224},
  year   = {2015}
}

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