simplified topological invariants for interacting insulators
;Zhong Wang;Shou-Cheng Zhang
american journal of transplantation2012Vol. 2pp. 031008-
121
wang2012physicalsimplified
Abstract
We propose general topological order parameters for interacting insulators in terms of the Green’s function at zero frequency. They provide a unified description of various interacting topological insulators including the quantum anomalous Hall insulators and the time-reversal-invariant insulators in four, three, and two dimensions. Since only the Green’s function at zero frequency is used, these topological order parameters can be evaluated efficiently by most numerical and analytical algorithms for strongly interacting systems.