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Optimal decay of Wannier functions in Chern and Quantum Hall insulators
D. Monaco, G. Panati, A. Pisante +1
We investigate the localization properties of independent electrons in a periodic background, possibly including a periodic magnetic field, as e.g. in Chern insulators and in Quant…
Gauge-theoretic invariants for topological insulators: A bridge between Berry, Wess-Zumino, and Fu-Kane-Mele
Domenico Monaco, Clément Tauber
We establish a connection between two recently-proposed approaches to the understanding of the geometric origin of the Fu-Kane-Mele invariant , arisi…
Wannier functions and Z_2 invariants in time-reversal symmetric topological insulators
Horia D. Cornean, Domenico Monaco, Stefan Teufel
We provide a constructive proof of exponentially localized Wannier functions and related Bloch frames in 1- and 2-dimensional time-reversal symmetric (TRS) topological insulators.…
Symmetry and localization in periodic crystals: triviality of Bloch bundles with a fermionic time-reversal symmetry
Domenico Monaco, Gianluca Panati
We describe some applications of group- and bundle-theoretic methods in solid state physics, showing how symmetries lead to a proof of the localization of electrons in gapped cryst…