Topological Insulators and Superconductors from D-branes

Details Topological Insulators and Superconductors from D-branes Topological Insulators and Superconductors from D-branes

2010-01-05

arxiv.org/abs/1001.0763v2

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

5 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

Realization of topological insulators (TIs) and superconductors (TSCs), such as the quantum spin Hall effect and the Z_2 topological insulator, in terms of D-branes in string theory is proposed. We establish a one-to-one correspondence between the K-theory classification of TIs/TSCs and D-brane charges. The string theory realization of TIs and TSCs comes naturally with gauge interactions, and the Wess-Zumino term of the D-branes gives rise to a gauge field theory of topological nature. This sheds light on TIs and TSCs beyond non-interacting systems, and the underlying topological field theory description thereof. In particular, our string theory realization includes the honeycomb lattice Kitaev model in two spatial dimensions, and its higher-dimensional extensions.

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