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We show that spin-singlet $s$-wave multi-band superconductors have a topological phase protected by rotation symmetry and time-reversal symmetry without spin-orbit coupling in two and three dimensions. This topological phase, an example of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-10-08 Shingo Kobayashi , Akira Furusaki

We study fourfold rotation invariant gapped topological systems with time-reversal symmetry in two and three dimensions ($d=2,3$). We show that in both cases nontrivial topology is manifested by the presence of the $(d-2)$-dimensional edge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-19 Zhida Song , Zhong Fang , Chen Fang

We construct an example of a 1$d$ quasiperiodically driven spin chain whose edge states can coherently store quantum information, protected by a combination of localization, dynamics, and topology. Unlike analogous behavior in static and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-03-22 Aaron J. Friedman , Brayden Ware , Romain Vasseur , Andrew C. Potter

We demonstrate the existence of topologically nontrivial phase in a one-dimensional fermionic lattice system subjected to synthetic gauge fields, which is beyond the standard Altland-Zirnbauer classification of topological insulators. The…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-03-18 Linhu Li , Shu Chen

We propose a topological understanding of the quantum spin Hall state without considering any symmetries, and it follows from the gauge invariance that either the energy gap or the spin spectrum gap needs to close on the system edges, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-09 Huichao Li , L. Sheng , D. Y. Xing

Higher-order topological insulators have a modified bulk-boundary correspondence compared to other topological phases: instead of gapless edge or surface states, they have gapped edges and surfaces, but protected modes at corners or hinges.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-12-12 Yizhi You , Trithep Devakul , F. J. Burnell , Titus Neupert

Higher-order topological phases (HOTPs) feature protected gapless modes on boundaries of higher codimension, such as the corners or hinges of a crystal. They are understood as being protected by lattice symmetries: If the latter are broken,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-08 Shahroze Shahab , Hui Liu , Daniel Varjas , Ion Cosma Fulga

Hopf terms are topological theta terms that are associated with a host of interesting physics, including anyons, statistical transmutation, chiral edge states, and the spin quantum Hall effect. Here, we show that Hopf terms can appear in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-28 Grgur Palle

Based on density matrix renormalization group method, we investigate the spin-orbit coupled Fermi gas with attractive interactions in one-dimensional optical lattice and present a complete phase diagram for a quarter-filling system with…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-11-06 Haiping Hu , Chen Cheng , Yucheng Wang , Hong-Gang Luo , Shu Chen

We study topological transitions in one dimensional superconductors that can harbor multiple edge Majorana bound states protected by chiral symmetry. The chiral symmetry arises due to the structure of the internal spin degrees of freedom of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-05-05 Kristian Løvås Svalland , Maria Teresa Mercaldo , Mario Cuoco

One of the hallmarks of bulk topology is the existence of robust boundary localized states. For instance, a conventional $d$ dimensional topological system hosts $d{-}1$ dimensional surface modes, which are protected by non-spatial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-11 Ruchira V Bhat , Soumya Bera

This work shows that a strongly correlated phase which is gapped to collective spin excitations but gapless to charge fluctuations emerges as a universal feature in one-dimensional fermionic systems obeying certain symmetries. Namely,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-29 Tommy Li

An important aspect in categorizing topological phases is whether the system is spinless or spinful, given that these classes exhibit distinct symmetry algebras, leading to disparate topological classifications. By utilizing the projective…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-01-21 Xiaofan Zhou , Suotang Jia , Jian-Song Pan

We show that one-dimensional quasi-periodic optical lattice systems can exhibit edge states and topological phases which are generally believed to appear in two-dimensional systems. When the Fermi energy lies in gaps, the Fermi system on…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-08-02 Li-Jun Lang , Xiaoming Cai , Shu Chen

Topological phases of matter are defined by their nontrivial patterns of ground-state quantum entanglement, which is irremovable so long as the excitation gap and the protecting symmetries, if any, are maintained. Recent studies on…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-03-25 Dominic V. Else , Hoi Chun Po , Haruki Watanabe

While topological phases have been extensively studied in amorphous systems in recent years, it remains unclear whether the random nature of amorphous materials can give rise to higher-order topological phases that have no crystalline…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2023-11-15 Yu-Liang Tao , Jiong-Hao Wang , Yong Xu

Symmetry-protected topological (SPT) phases in insulators and superconductors are known for their robust edge modes, linked to bulk invariants through the bulk-boundary correspondence. While this principle traditionally applies to gapped…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-11-06 Gabriel Cardoso , Hsiu-Chung Yeh , Leonid Korneev , Alexander G. Abanov , Aditi Mitra

We argue that symmetry-broken phases proximate in phase space to symmetry-protected topological phases can exhibit dynamical signatures of topological physics. This dynamical, symmetry-protected "topological" regime is characterized by…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-06-26 Daniel E. Parker , Romain Vasseur , Thomas Scaffidi

We present a unified perspective on symmetry protected topological (SPT) phases in one dimension and address the open question of what characterizes their phase transitions. In the first part of this work we use symmetry as a guide to map…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-10-17 Ruben Verresen , Roderich Moessner , Frank Pollmann

Topological superconductivity is currently one of the prime interests, given the properties of its exotic nature of chiral edge states. A broken time-reversal symmetry (TRS) is an essential ingredient in the recipe of a chiral edge state.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-08-05 Sajid Sekh , Andrzej Ptok