Linking invariant for the quench dynamics of a two-dimensional two-band Chern insulator

Abstract

We discuss the topological invariant in the (2+1)-dimensional quench dynamics of a two-dimensional two-band Chern insulator starting from a topological initial state (i.e., with a nonzero Chern number $c_i$), evolved by a post-quench Hamiltonian (with Chern number $c_f$). In contrast to the process with $c_i=0$ studied in previous works, this process cannot be characterized by the Hopf invariant that is described by the sphere homotopy group ${\pi }_3(S^2)=\mathbb{Z}$. It is possible, however, to calculate a variant of the Chern-Simons integral with a complementary part to cancel the Chern number of the initial spin configuration, which at the same time does not affect the (2+1)-dimensional topology. We show that the modified Chern-Simons integral gives rise to a topological invariant of this quench process, i.e., the linking invariant in the ${\mathbb{Z}}_{2c_i}$ class: $\nu =(c_f-c_i)\mathrm{mod}(2c_i)$. We give concrete examples to illustrate this result and also show the detailed deduction to get this linking invariant.

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