Xiao-Liang Qi, Taylor L. Hughes, and Shou-Cheng Zhang. “Topological Field Theory of Time-Reversal Invariant Insulators.” Physical Review B 78, no. 19 (2008): 195424. – Part 2
Topological Field Theory of Time-Reversal Invariant Insulators (Part 2)
Presenter: Tejas Deshpande
Date(s): 21 April 2013
Description: This part of the paper generalizes Laughlin's argument to 4 dimensions and describes the dimensional reduction procedure. It first computes the second Chern number of a 4D Dirac Hamiltonian, illustrates the dimensional reduction of a 4D Quantum Hall Effect (QHE) to a 3D time-reversal invariant (TRI) topological insulator, and finally discusses the physical consequences of the topological E.B term.
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