Effective field theory of a topological insulator and the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2011.11.013zbMath1243.81068arXiv1109.4808OpenAlexW3102606787MaRDI QIDQ412157

Ömer F. Dayi, Mahmut Elbistan, Elif Yunt

Publication date: 4 May 2012

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.4808

zbMATH Keywords

topological insulatorFoldy-Wouthuysen transformationBerry gauge fieldChern-Simons action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model quantum field theories (81T10) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Riemann-Roch theorems, Chern characters (19L10)

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