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arxiv: 1607.03896 · v3 · pith:NGIL476Unew · submitted 2016-07-13 · ❄️ cond-mat.str-el · cond-mat.mes-hall· cond-mat.supr-con

Many-body topological invariants for fermionic symmetry-protected topological phases

classification ❄️ cond-mat.str-el cond-mat.mes-hallcond-mat.supr-con
keywords topologicalinvariantsfermionicgivenmany-bodymathbbphasesreflection
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We define and compute many-body topological invariants of interacting fermionic symmetry-protected topological phases, protected by an orientation-reversing symmetry, such as time-reversal or reflection symmetry. The topological invariants are given by partition functions obtained by a path integral on unoriented spacetime which, as we show, can be computed for a given ground state wave function by considering a non-local operation, "partial" reflection or transpose. As an application of our scheme, we study the $\mathbb{Z}_8$ and $\mathbb{Z}_{16}$ classification of topological superconductors in one and three dimensions.

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