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arxiv: 1503.01206 · v4 · pith:OOK6MOVRnew · submitted 2015-03-04 · ✦ hep-th · cond-mat.other· math-ph· math.MP

T-Duality of Topological Insulators

classification ✦ hep-th cond-mat.othermath-phmath.MP
keywords insulatorstopologicalcherndualitystringt-dualitytheoryanalog
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Topological insulators and D-brane charges in string theory can both be classified by the same family of groups. In this paper, we extend this connection via a geometric transform, giving a novel duality of topological insulators which can be viewed as a condensed matter analog of T-duality in string theory. For 2D Chern insulators, this duality exchanges the rank and Chern number of the valence bands.

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