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Many-body topological invariants for fermionic symmetry-protected topological phases

arXiv:1607.03896 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.216402

Abstract

We define and compute many-body topological invariants of interacting fermionic symmetry-protected topological phases, protected by an orientation-reversing symmetry, such as time-reversal or reflection symmetry. The topological invariants are given by partition functions obtained by a path integral on unoriented spacetime which, as we show, can be computed for a given ground state wave function by considering a non-local operation, "partial" reflection or transpose. As an application of our scheme, we study the and classification of topological superconductors in one and three dimensions.

New title, introduction was rewritten, discussion on the partial time-reversal was clarified, and animated illustrations for additivity of the topological invariants were included

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