Topological Insulators and Topological Superconductors / / B. Andrei Bernevig.

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• VerfasserIn: Bernevig, B. Andrei,
• TeilnehmendeR: Hughes, Taylor L.
• MitwirkendeR: Hughes, Taylor L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 66 line illus. 1 table.

This graduate-level textbook is the first pedagogical synthesis of the field of topological insulators and superconductors, one of the most exciting areas of research in condensed matter physics. Presenting the latest developments, while providing all the calculations necessary for a self-contained...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Berry Phase
• 3. Hall Conductance and Chern Numbers
• 4. Time-Reversal Symmetry
• 5. Magnetic Field on the Square Lattice
• 6. Hall Conductance and Edge Modes: The Bulk-Edge Correspondence
• 7. Graphene
• 8. Simple Models for the Chern Insulator
• 9. Time-Reversal-Invariant Topological Insulators
• 10. Z2 Invariants
• 11. Crossings in Different Dimensions
• 12. Time-Reversal Topological Insulators with Inversion Symmetry
• 13. Quantum Hall Effect and Chern Insulators in Higher Dimensions
• 14. Dimensional Reduction of 4-D Chern Insulators to 3-D Time-Reversal Insulators
• 15. Experimental Consequences of the Z2 Topological Invariant
• 16. Topological Superconductors in One and Two Dimensions
• 17. Time-Reversal-Invariant Topological Superconductors
• 18. Superconductivity and Magnetism in Proximity to Topological Insulator Surfaces
• APPENDIX
• 3-D Topological Insulator in a Magnetic Field
• References
• Index