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Bosonic symmetry-protected topological phases with reflection symmetry.
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Physical Review B: Condensed Matter & Materials Physics . Dec2015, Vol. 92 Issue 24, p1-11. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- We study two-dimensional bosonic symmetry-protected topological (SPT) phases that are protected by reflection symmetry and local symmetry [ZN XI R, ZN × R, U(1)XIR, or U(l)&#×R], in the search for twodimensional bosonic analogs of topological crystalline insulators in integer-S spin systems with reflection and spin-rotation symmetries. To classify them, we employ a Chern-Simons approach and examine the stability of edge states against perturbations that preserve the assumed symmetries. We find that SPT phases protected by ZN XI R symmetry are classified as ℤ2 × ℤ2 for even N and 0 (no SPT phase) for odd V, while those protected by U(1)XI R symmetry are ℤ2. We point out that the two-dimensional Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki state of S = 2 spins on the square lattice is a ℤ2 SPT phase protected by reflection and it -rotation symmetries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10980121
- Volume :
- 92
- Issue :
- 24
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Physical Review B: Condensed Matter & Materials Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 113034802
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.245122