Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2004-12-14
J.Phys.Soc.Jap. 74 (2005) 1374-1377
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2 figures
Scientific paper
10.1143/JPSJ.74.1374
We propose to use generic Chern numbers for a characterization of topological insulators. It is suitable for a numerical characterization of low dimensional quantum liquids where strong quantum fluctuations prevent from developing conventional orders. By twisting parameters of boundary conditions, the non-Abelian Chern number are defined for a few low lying states near the ground state in a finite system, which is a ground state multiplet with a possible (topological) degeneracy. We define the system as a topological insulator when energies of the multiplet are well separated from the above. Translational invariant twists up to a unitary equivalence are crutial to pick up only bulk properties without edge states. As a simple example, the setup is applied for a two-dimensional $XXZ$-spin system with an ising anisotropy where the ground state multiplet is composed of doubly almost degenerate states. It gives a vanishing Chern number due to a symmetry. Also Chern numbers for the generic fractional quantum Hall states are discussed shortly.
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