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Classification of topological insulators and superconductors out of equilibrium

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We establish the existence of a topological classification of many-particle quantum systems undergoing unitary time evolution. The classification naturally inherits phenomenology familiar from equilibrium -- it is robust against disorder… Click to show full abstract

We establish the existence of a topological classification of many-particle quantum systems undergoing unitary time evolution. The classification naturally inherits phenomenology familiar from equilibrium -- it is robust against disorder and interactions, and exhibits a non-equilibrium bulk-boundary correspondence, which connects bulk topological properties to the entanglement spectrum. We explicitly construct a non-equilibrium classification of non-interacting fermionic systems with non-spatial symmetries in all spatial dimensions (the `ten-fold way'), which differs from its equilibrium counterpart. Direct physical consequences of our classification are discussed, including important ramifications for the use of topological zero-energy bound states in quantum information technologies.

Keywords: topological insulators; classification topological; insulators superconductors; equilibrium classification; superconductors equilibrium; classification

Journal Title: Physical Review B
Year Published: 2019

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