Three-dimensional topological insulators and bosonization

Abstract Massless excitations at the surface of three-dimensional time-reversal invariant topological insulators possess both fermionic and bosonic descriptions, originating from band theory and hydrodynamic BF theory, respectively. We analyze the corresponding field theories of the Dirac fermion an...

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Main Authors: Andrea Cappelli, Enrico Randellini, Jacopo Sisti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP05(2017)135