Interaction effect on topological classification of superconductors in two dimensions

Hong Yao and Shinsei Ryu
Phys. Rev. B 88, 064507 – Published 12 August 2013

Abstract

We introduce a class of superconductors (SCs) in two spatial dimensions with time-reversal symmetry and reflection (i.e., mirror) symmetry. In the absence of interactions, topological classes of these SCs are distinguished by an integer-valued (Z) topological invariant. When interactions are included, we show that the topological classification is modified to Z8. This clearly demonstrates that interactions can have a qualitative effect on topological classifications of gapped states of matter in more than one dimension.

  • Received 1 June 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.064507

©2013 American Physical Society

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Hong Yao1,2 and Shinsei Ryu3

  • 1Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
  • 2Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
  • 3Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA

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Vol. 88, Iss. 6 — 1 August 2013

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