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Entanglement spectroscopy of anomalous surface states

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Abstract

I will show the entanglement spectra of gapped states on the surfaces of symmetry-protected topological phases. These surface states carry anomalies that do not allow them to be terminated by a trivial state. Their entanglement spectra are dominated by non-universal features, which reflect the underlying bulk. I will introduce a modified type of entanglement spectra that incorporate the anomaly and argue that they correspond to physical edge states between different surface states. Then, I will present explicit analytical and numerical calculations for free and interacting surfaces of three-dimensional topological insulators of electrons in support of these arguments.

Publication: Dey, A., & Mross, D. F. (2022). Entanglement spectroscopy of anomalous surface states. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2210.00021

Presenters

  • Arjun Dey

    Weizmann Institute of Science

Authors

  • Arjun Dey

    Weizmann Institute of Science

  • David F Mross

    Weizmann Institute of Science