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Topological field theory and thermal responses of interacting topological superconductors

Zhong Wang, Xiao-Liang Qi, Shou-Cheng Zhang

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.014527 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We investigate the three-dimensional, time-reversal invariant topological superconductors with generic interaction by their response to external fields. The first description is a gravitational topological field theory, which gives a Z2 classification of topological superconductors, and predicts a half quantized thermal Hall effect on the surface. The second description introduces an s-wave proximity pairing field on the surface, and the associated topological defects give an integer Z classification of the topological superconductors.

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