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We consider the extent to which symmetry eigenvalues reveal the topological character of bands. Specifically, we compare distinct atomic limit phases (band representations) that share the same irreducible representations (irreps) at all…

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The quantum mechanics and thermodynamics of SU(2) non-Abelian Chern-Simons particles (non-Abelian anyons) in an external magnetic field are addressed. We derive the N-body Hamiltonian in the (anti-)holomorphic gauge when the Hilbert space…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Serguei B. Isakov , Gustavo Lozano , Stéphane Ouvry

A peculiar feature of the majority of three dimensional topological insulator surface states studied experimentally thus far, namely their particle-hole asymmetry, makes quantum oscillations (Shubnikov de Haas and de Haas van Alphen…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-14 Anthony R. Wright

It is known that three-dimensional magnetic systems with glide symmetry can be characterized by a $Z_2$ topological invariant together with the Chern number associated with the normal vector of the glide plane, and they are expressed in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-14 Heejae Kim , Ken Shiozaki , Shuichi Murakami

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

We study translationally-invariant insulators with inversion symmetry that fall outside the established classification of topological insulators. These insulators are not required to have gapless boundary modes in the energy spectrum.…

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We classify the topology of bands defined by the energy states of quantum systems with scale separation between slow and fast degrees of freedom, invariant under fermionic time reversal. Classical phase space transforms differently from…

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We derive new dualities of topological quantum field theories in three spacetime dimensions that generalize the familiar level-rank dualities of Chern-Simons gauge theories. The key ingredient in these dualities is non-abelian anyon…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-30 Clay Cordova , Diego García-Sepúlveda

A topologically ordered material is characterized by a rare quantum organization of electrons that evades the conventional spontaneously broken symmetry based classification of condensed matter. Exotic spin transport phenomena such as the…

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These extended lecture notes survey a novel derivation of anyonic topological order (as seen in fractional quantum Hall systems) on single magnetized M5-branes probing Seifert orbi-singularities ("geometric engineering" of anyons), which we…

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We propose an efficient numerical method to compute the $k$-space second Chern number in four-dimensional (4D) topological systems. Our approach employs an adaptive mesh refinement scheme to evaluate the Brillouin-zone integral, which…

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There has been a recent surge of interest in dualities relating theories of Chern-Simons gauge fields coupled to either bosons or fermions within the condensed matter community, particularly in the context of topological insulators and the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-03-02 Aaron Hui , Michael Mulligan , Eun-Ah Kim

We analyze the topological deformations of a spin-1/2 in an effective magnetic field induced by an ohmic quantum dissipative environment at zero temperature. From Bethe Ansatz results and a variational approach, we confirm that the Chern…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-22 Loic Henriet , Antonio Sclocchi , Peter P. Orth , Karyn Le Hur

We present two modules that expand functionalities of the all-electron full-potential density functional theory package WIEN2k for computation of the Chern and $Z_2$ topological invariants. Characterization of topological properties relies…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-08-28 Andres F. Gomez-Bastidas , Oleg Rubel

We study Chern insulators from the point of view of K\"ahler geometry, i.e. the geometry of smooth manifolds equipped with a compatible triple consisting of a symplectic form, an integrable almost complex structure and a Riemannian metric.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-06 Bruno Mera , Tomoki Ozawa

Integer and fractional Chern insulators exhibit a nonzero quantized anomalous Hall conductivity due to a spontaneous breaking of time reversal symmetry. To identify nontrivial topology in their time-reversal symmetric many-body spectra, we…

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