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Sep 1, 2018

Chern Numbers, Localisation and the Bulk-edge Correspondence for Continuous Models of Topological Phases

Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry
  • C. Bourne
  • ,
  • A. Rennie

Volume
21
Number
3
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1007/s11040-018-9274-4
Publisher
Springer Netherlands

In order to study continuous models of disordered topological phases, we construct an unbounded Kasparov module and a semifinite spectral triple for the crossed product of a separable C∗-algebra by a twisted ℝd-action. The spectral triple allows us to employ the non-unital local index formula to obtain the higher Chern numbers in the continuous setting with complex observable algebra. In the case of the crossed product of a compact disorder space, the pairing can be extended to a larger algebra closely related to dynamical localisation, as in the tight-binding approximation. The Kasparov module allows us to exploit the Wiener–Hopf extension and the Kasparov product to obtain a bulk-boundary correspondence for continuous models of disordered topological phases.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11040-018-9274-4
URL
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8234-0081
ID information
  • DOI : 10.1007/s11040-018-9274-4
  • ISSN : 1572-9656
  • ISSN : 1385-0172
  • ORCID - Put Code : 46667731
  • SCOPUS ID : 85049107636

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