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We obtain localized field configurations with finite energy in a ($2+1$)-dimensional model with Maxwell and Chern-Simons gauge terms coupled to a massive complex scalar field. These non-topological solitons are characterized by the $U(1)$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-05 Ivan Ivashkin , Eduard Kim , Emin Nugaev , Yakov Shnir

Motivated by the geometric character of spin Hall conductance, the topological invariants of generic superconductivity are discussed based on the Bogoliuvov-de Gennes equation on lattices. They are given by the Chern numbers of degenerate…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-31 Y. Hatsugai , S. Ryu , M. Kohmoto

We study the competition of disorder and superconductivity for a one-dimensional p-wave superconductor in incommensurate potentials. With the increase in the strength of the incommensurate potential, the system undergoes a transition from a…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-03-20 Xiaoming Cai , Li-Jun Lang , Shu Chen , Yupeng Wang

Topological quantum states are characterized by nonlocal invariants, and their detection is intrinsically challenging. Various strategies have been developed to study topological Hamiltonians through their equilibrium states. We present a…

We investigate a two-dimensional superconducting system with a smoothly and periodically varying order parameter. The order parameter is modulated along one direction while remaining uniform in the perpendicular direction, leading to a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-13 Klaus Ziegler

Topological invariants built from the periodic Bloch functions characterize new phases of matter, such as topological insulators and topological superconductors. The most important topological invariant is the Chern number that explains the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-12-03 Sebastiano Peotta , Päivi Törmä

We consider three dimensional gravity with a positive cosmological constant and non- zero gravitational Chern-Simons term. This theory has inflating de Sitter solutions and local metric degrees of freedom. The Euclidean signature partition…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-11-23 Alejandra Castro , Nima Lashkari , Alexander Maloney

We couple Chern-Simons gauge theory to 3-dimensional topological gravity with the aim of investigating its quantum topological invariance. We derive the relevant BRST rules and Batalin-Vilkovisky action. Standard BRST transformations of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-09 Camillo Imbimbo

Formation and evolution of topological defects in course of non-equilibrium symmetry breaking phase transitions is of wide interest in many areas of physics, from cosmology through condensed matter to low temperature physics. Its study in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-17 Hua-Bi Zeng , Chuan-Yin Xia , Hai-Qing Zhang

In this letter, we investigate topological phases of full-gapped odd-parity superconductors, which are distinguished by the bulk topological invariants and the topologically protected gapless boundary states. Using the particle-hole…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-10-20 Masatoshi Sato

The study of topological defects occurring in vector and tensor fields is an intriguing subject and little explored in the literature. In this article, we analyze the topological defects arising from the spontaneous violation of Lorentz…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-16 L. P. Colatto , A. L. A. Penna , W. C. Santos

In theory of topological classification, the 2D topological superconductors without time reversal symmetry are characterized by Chern numbers. However, in reality, we find the Chern numbers can not reveal the whole properties of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-03-04 Jinpeng Xiao , Qianglin Hu , Huiqiong Zeng , Xiaobing Luo

We give a self-contained and enriched review about topology properties in the rapidly growing field of topological states of matter (TSM). This review is mainly focus on the beautiful interplay of topology mathematics and condensed matter…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-09-10 Chunbo Zhao

We discuss emergent gravity in the superplastic crystals. We restrict ourselves by the consideration of the gapped (massive) fermions coupled to gravity. In this approach the stress - energy tensor may be defined in such a way, that being…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-02-21 M. A. Zubkov

The relation between bulk topological invariants and experimentally observable physical quantities is a fundamental property of topological insulators and superconductors. In the case of chiral symmetric systems in odd spatial dimensions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-20 Ken Shiozaki , Satoshi Fujimoto

Topological phononic insulators are the counterpart of three-dimensional quantum spin Hall insulators in phononic systems and, as such, their topological surfaces are characterized by Dirac cone-shaped gapless edge states arising as a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-08-17 Daniele Di Miceli , Chandan Setty , Alessio Zaccone

We study the transport properties of topological insulators, encoding them in a generating functional of gauge and gravitational sources. Much of our focus is on the simple example of a free massive Dirac fermion, the so-called Chern…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-08-21 Taylor L. Hughes , Robert G. Leigh , Onkar Parrikar

This review deals with strongly disordered topological insulators and covers some recent applications of a well established analytic theory based on the methods of Non-Commutative Geometry (NCG) and developed for the Integer Quantum…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-03-17 Emil Prodan

In this paper we show that BF topological superconductors (insulators) exibit phase transitions between different topologically ordered phases characterized by different ground state degeneracy on manifold with non-trivial topology. These…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-12-17 M. Cristina Diamantini , Pasquale Sodano , Carlo A. Trugenberger

The use of topological invariants to describe geometric phases of quantum matter has become an essential tool in modern solid state physics. The first instance of this paradigmatic trend can be traced to the study of the quantum Hall…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-05-19 Domenico Monaco