Séminaire Physique mathématique ICJ

Winding numbers, spectral flow and relative edge invariants for unbounded operators

par Johannes Kellendonk

Europe/Paris
Fokko du Cloux (Bâtiment Braconnier)

Fokko du Cloux

Bâtiment Braconnier

Description

The naive Hatsugai formula which ought to relate bulk with edge topological invariants is violated when using unbounded operators like the Dirac operator to describe the insulator. I will propose some ideas on how to fix this.