Topological invariants of adiabatic cycles of Bloch Hamiltonians

ORAL

Abstract

Invariants are constructed for various adiabatic cycles of Bloch Hamiltonians and discuss their physical implications. Many of these cycles lead to a pumping of fermions, but in other cases, the physical implications are more subtle. I also discuss the construction of these invariants for insulators in the various symmetry classes and periodicities in the table of these invariants.

Authors

  • Rahul Roy

    Oxford University