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We propose an order parameter for the Symmetry-Protected Topological (SPT) phases which are protected by Abelian on-site symmetries. This order parameter, called the "SPT-entanglement", is defined as the entanglement between A and B, two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-12 Iman Marvian

The quadrupole topological insulator (QTI) has attracted intense studies as a prototype of symmetry-protected higher-order topological phases of matter with a quantized quadrupole moment. The realization of QTIs has been reported in various…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-08 Zhen Ning , Bo Fu , Dong-Hui Xu , Rui Wang

For a gapped disordered many-body system with both internal and translation symmetry, one can define the corresponding weak and strong Symmetry Protected Topological (SPT) phases. A strong SPT phase is protected by the internal symmetry $G$…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-09-28 Yizhi You , Yi-Zhuang You

In symmetry protected topological (SPT) phases, the combination of symmetries and a bulk gap stabilizes protected modes at surfaces or at topological defects. Understanding the fate of these modes at a quantum critical point, when the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-10-06 Shang Liu , Hassan Shapourian , Ashvin Vishwanath , Max A. Metlitski

We consider SPT-phases with on-site finite group $G$ symmetry for two-dimensional Fermion systems.We derive an invariant of the classification.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-08-10 Yoshiko Ogata

The topological insulator is an electronic phase stabilized by spin-orbit coupling that supports propagating edge states and is not adiabatically connected to the ordinary insulator. In several ways it is a spin-orbit-induced analogue in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-12-16 Andrew M. Essin , J. E. Moore

We study symmetry-protected topological (SPT) phase transitions induced by stacking two gapped one-dimensional subsystems in BDI symmetry class. The topological invariant of the entire system is a sum of three topological invariants: two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-09 Sang-Jun Choi , Björn Trauzettel

We investigate quantum transport and thermoelectrical properties of a finite-size Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model, a paradigmatic model for a one-dimensional topological insulator, which displays topologically protected edge states. By coupling…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-07-25 Sina Böhling , Georg Engelhardt , Gloria Platero , Gernot Schaller

Symmetry protected topological (SPT) phases are gapped phases of matter that cannot be deformed to a trivial phase without breaking the symmetry or closing the bulk gap. Here, we introduce a new notion of a topological obstruction that is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-24 Eslam Khalaf , Wladimir A. Benalcazar , Taylor L. Hughes , Raquel Queiroz

Real topological phases protected by the spacetime inversion (P T) symmetry are a current research focus. The basis is that the P T symmetry endows a real structure in momentum space, which leads to Z2 topological classifications in 1D and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-17 S. J. Yue , Qing Liu , Shengyuan A. Yang , Y. X. Zhao

We study several aspects of the realization of global symmetries in highly entangled phases of quantum matter. Examples include gapped topological ordered phases, gapless quantum spin liquids and non-fermi liquid phases. An insightful…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-02-10 Chong Wang , T. Senthil

We present models of topological insulating Hamiltonians exhibiting intrinsic altermagnetic features, protected by combined three-fold or four-fold rotational symmetries with time-reversal. We demonstrate that the spin Chern number serves…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-19 Rafael Gonzalez-Hernandez , Bernardo Uribe

Exploration of topology protected by a certain symmetry is central in condensed matter physics. A recent idea of sub-symmetry-protected (SSP) topology--remains of a broken symmetry can still protect specific topological boundary states--has…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-19 Myungjun Kang , Mingyu Lee , Sangmo Cheon

We investigate a symmetry protected $Z_2$ topological electron glass -- a glassy equivalent of the $Z_2$ topological band insulator in crystalline systems -- and uncover associated quantum phase transitions in this three dimensional…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-02-05 Prateek Mukati , Adhip Agarwala , Subhro Bhattacharjee

Topology in quantum systems is typically considered in infinite crystals in one, two, or higher integer dimensions. Here, we show that one can continuously transform a system between a topological phase associated with one dimension and a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-25 Frode Balling-Ansø , Adipta Pal , Ashley M. Cook , Anne E. B. Nielsen

We perform the fidelity analysis for Boltzmann-Gibbs-like states in order to investigate whether the topological order of 1D fermionic systems at zero temperature is maintained at finite temperatures. We use quantum walk protocols that are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-11 Bruno Mera , Chrysoula Vlachou , Nikola Paunković , Vítor R. Vieira

Recent studies have unveiled new possibilities for discovering intrinsic quantum phases that are unique to open systems, including phases with average symmetry-protected topological (ASPT) order and strong-to-weak spontaneous symmetry…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-05-21 Yuchen Guo , Shuo Yang

Protection of topological surface states by reflection symmetry breaks down when the boundary of the sample is misaligned with one of the high symmetry planes of the crystal. We demonstrate that this limitation is removed in amorphous…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-10 Helene Spring , Anton R. Akhmerov , Daniel Varjas

We study bosonic symmetry protected topological (SPT) phases with $C_{2}$ rotational symmetry in four spatial dimensions which is not captured by the group cohomology classification. By using the topological crystal approach, we show that…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-08-19 Sheng-Jie Huang

The construction and classification of crystalline symmetry protected topological (SPT) phases in interacting bosonic and fermionic systems have been intensively studied in the past few years. Crystalline SPT phases are not only of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-06-21 Jian-Hao Zhang , Shuo Yang , Yang Qi , Zheng-Cheng Gu