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arxiv: 0905.3639 · v1 · submitted 2009-05-22 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall · hep-th

A Z₂ index of Dirac operator with time reversal symmetry

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With time reversal symmetry a Dirac operator has vanishing index and Chern number. We show that we can nevertheless define a nontrivial Z$_2$ index as well as a corresponding topological invariant given by gauge field, which implies that such a Dirac operator is topologically nontrivial.

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