A Computational Non-Commutative Geometry Program for Disordered Topological Insulators

ISBN-13: 9783319550220 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 118 str.

Emil Prodan

Spis treści

Disordered Topological Insulators: A Brief Introduction.- Homogeneous Materials.- Homogeneous Disordered Crystals.- Classification of Homogenous Disordered Crystals.- Electron Dynamics: Concrete Physical Models.- Notations and Conventions.- Physical Models.- Disorder Regimes.- Topological Invariants.- The Non-Commutative Brillouin Torus.- Disorder Configurations and Associated Dynamical Systems.- The Algebra of Covariant Physical Observables.- Fourier Calculus.- Differential Calculus.- Smooth Sub-Algebra.- Sobolev Spaces.- Magnetic Derivations.- Physics Formulas.- The Auxiliary C*-Algebras.- Periodic Disorder Configurations.- The Periodic Approximating Algebra.- Finite-Volume Disorder Configurations.- The Finite-Volume Approximating Algebra.- Approximate Differential Calculus.- Bloch Algebras.- Canonical Finite-Volume Algorithm.- General Picture.- Explicit Computer Implementation.- Error Bounds for Smooth Correlations.- Assumptions.- First Round of Approximations.- Second Round of Approximations.- Overall Error Bounds.- Applications: Transport Coefficients at Finite Temperature.- The Non-Commutative Kubo Formula.- The Integer Quantum Hall Effect.- Chern Insulators.- Error Bounds for Non-Smooth Correlations.- The Aizenman-Molchanov Bound.- Assumptions.- Derivation of Error Bounds.- Applications II: Topological Invariants.- Class AIII in d = 1.- Class A in d = 2.- Class AIII in d = 3.- References.