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二维$C_n-$对称拓扑晶体绝缘体中的分数向错电荷

Fractional disclination charge in two-dimensional $C_n-$symmetric topological crystalline insulators

Tianhe Li, Penghao Zhu, Wladimir A. Benalcazar, Taylor L. Hughes

摘要:

最近发现,位于向错缺陷处的鲁棒分数电荷是$C_{6}$对称2D拓扑晶体绝缘体(TCI)中的拓扑响应。在这篇文章中,我们深入研究了$C_n$对称TCIs中向错的分数电荷,包括无自旋和自旋- $\frac{1}{2}$的情况。我们从实空间的Wannier表示中计算分数向错荷,并利用能带表示理论对所有允许(广义)Wannier表示的$2D$ TCI构造分数向错荷的拓扑指数.我们发现,对于$C_n$对称的TCI,向错电荷以$\frac{e}{n}$为单位被细分;对于自旋- $\frac{1}{2}$ TCI,具有额外的时间反演对称性,向错电荷以$\frac{2e}{n}$为单位被细分。我们进一步证明了在保持$C_n$对称性和多体带隙的电子-电子相互作用下,虽然我们可以将一个TCI变形为另一个在自由费米子情况下拓扑上不同的TCI,但由我们的拓扑指数确定的分数向错电荷在这个过程中不会改变。此外,我们使用代数技术来推广的指数TCI与非零陈数,其中Wannier表示是不适用的。随着陈数的加入,我们的广义分数向错指数适用于所有$C_n$对称TCI。最后,我们简要地讨论了广义指数的陈数依赖性与Wen-Zee项之间的关系。

英文摘要:

Robust fractional charge localized at disclination defects has been recently found as a topological response in $C_{6}$ symmetric 2D topological crystalline insulators (TCIs). In this article, we thoroughly investigate the fractional charge on disclinations in $C_n$ symmetric TCIs, with or without time reversal symmetry, and including spinless and spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ cases. We compute the fractional disclination charges from the Wannier representations in real space and use band representation theory to construct topological indices of the fractional disclination charge for all $2D$ TCIs that admit a (generalized) Wannier representation. We find the disclination charge is fractionalized in units of $\frac{e}{n}$ for $C_n$ symmetric TCIs; and for spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ TCIs, with additional time reversal symmetry, the disclination charge is fractionalized in units of $\frac{2e}{n}$. We furthermore prove that with electron-electron interactions that preserve the $C_n$ symmetry and many-body bulk gap, though we can deform a TCI into another which is topologically distinct in the free fermion case, the fractional disclination charge determined by our topological indices will not change in this process. Moreover, we use an algebraic technique to generalize the indices for TCIs with non-zero Chern numbers, where a Wannier representation is not applicable. With the inclusion of the Chern number, our generalized fractional disclination indices apply for all $C_n$ symmetric TCIs. Finally, we briefly discuss the connection between the Chern number dependence of our generalized indices and the Wen-Zee term.

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