Definition and Classification of Fermi Surface Anomalies

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Autori principali: Lu, Da-Chuan, Wang, Juven, You, Yi-Zhuang
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author Lu, Da-Chuan
Wang, Juven
You, Yi-Zhuang
author_facet Lu, Da-Chuan
Wang, Juven
You, Yi-Zhuang
contents We propose that the Fermi surface anomaly of symmetry group $G$ in any dimension is universally classified by $G$-symmetric interacting fermionic symmetry-protected topological (SPT) phases in $(0+1)$-dimensional spacetime. The argument is based on the perspective that the gapless fermions on the Fermi surface can be viewed as the topological boundary modes of Chern insulators in the phase space (position-momentum space). Given the non-commutative nature of the phase space coordinates, we show that the momentum space dimensions should be counted as negative dimensions for SPT classification purposes. Therefore, the classification of phase-space Chern insulators (or, more generally fermionic SPT phases) always reduces to a $(0+1)$-dimensional problem, which can then be answered by the cobordism approach. In addition to the codimension-1 Fermi surface case, we also discuss the codimension-$p$ Fermi surface case briefly. We provide concrete examples to demonstrate the validity of our classification scheme, and make connections to the recent development of Fermi surface symmetric mass generation.
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spellingShingle Definition and Classification of Fermi Surface Anomalies
Lu, Da-Chuan
Wang, Juven
You, Yi-Zhuang
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Gases
Superconductivity
High Energy Physics - Theory
Quantum Physics
We propose that the Fermi surface anomaly of symmetry group $G$ in any dimension is universally classified by $G$-symmetric interacting fermionic symmetry-protected topological (SPT) phases in $(0+1)$-dimensional spacetime. The argument is based on the perspective that the gapless fermions on the Fermi surface can be viewed as the topological boundary modes of Chern insulators in the phase space (position-momentum space). Given the non-commutative nature of the phase space coordinates, we show that the momentum space dimensions should be counted as negative dimensions for SPT classification purposes. Therefore, the classification of phase-space Chern insulators (or, more generally fermionic SPT phases) always reduces to a $(0+1)$-dimensional problem, which can then be answered by the cobordism approach. In addition to the codimension-1 Fermi surface case, we also discuss the codimension-$p$ Fermi surface case briefly. We provide concrete examples to demonstrate the validity of our classification scheme, and make connections to the recent development of Fermi surface symmetric mass generation.
title Definition and Classification of Fermi Surface Anomalies
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Gases
Superconductivity
High Energy Physics - Theory
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.12731