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TKNN formula for general Hamiltonian

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-04-15 v3 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics High Energy Physics - Lattice

Abstract

Topological insulators in odd dimensions are characterized by topological numbers. We prove the well-known relation between the topological number given by the Chern character of the Berry curvature and the Chern-Simons level of the low energy effective action for a general class of Hamiltonians bilinear in the fermion with general U(1) gauge interactions including non-minimal couplings by an explicit calculation. A series of Ward-Takahashi identities are crucial to relate the Chern-Simons level to a winding number, which could then be directly reduced to Chern character of Berry curvature by carrying out the integral over the temporal momenta.

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@article{arxiv.1903.11852,
  title  = {TKNN formula for general Hamiltonian},
  author = {Hidenori Fukaya and Tetsuya Onogi and Satoshi Yamaguchi and Xi Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.11852},
  year   = {2020}
}

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revised version, 23 pages

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