Static electric field in one-dimensional insulators without boundaries

In this brief report, we show that in a one-dimensional insulating system with periodic boundary conditions, the coefficient of the θ term in the effective theory is not only determined by the topological index ∫i∑[superscript α]∈[superscript occ]〈u[superscript k]α|∂/∂k|u[superscript kα]〉dk. Specifi...

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Main Authors: Chen, Kuang-Ting (Contributor), Lee, Patrick A. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society (APS), 2012-02-17T18:04:37Z.
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