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Corroborating the bulk-edge correspondence in weakly interacting one-dimensional topological insulators
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Corroborating the bulk-edge correspondence in weakly interacting one-dimensional topological insulators

Antonio Zegarra, Denis R. Candido, J. Carlos Egues and Wei Chen
Physical review. B, Vol.100(7), p.1
08/07/2019
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.075114

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Abstract

We present a Green's function formalism to investigate the topological properties of weakly interacting one-dimensional topological insulators, including the bulk-edge correspondence and the quantum criticality near topological phase transitions, and using the interacting Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model as an example. From the many-body spectral function, we find that closing of the bulk gap remains a defining feature even if the topological phase transition is driven by interactions. The existence of edge state in the presence of interactions can be captured by means of a T-matrix formalism combined with Dyson's equation, and the bulk-edge correspondence is shown to be satisfied even in the presence of interactions. The critical exponent of the edge state decay length is shown to be affiliated with the same universality class as the noninteracting limit.
Materials Science Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Physical Sciences Physics Physics, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Science & Technology Technology

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