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Interaction effect on topological classification of superconductors in two dimensions

Hong Yao, Shinsei Ryu

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.064507 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We introduce a class of superconductors (SCs) in two spatial dimensions with time-reversal symmetry and reflection (i.e., mirror) symmetry. In the absence of interactions, topological classes of these SCs are distinguished by an integer-valued (Z) topological invariant. When interactions are included, we show that the topological classification is modified to Z8. This clearly demonstrates that interactions can have a qualitative effect on topological classifications of gapped states of matter in more than one dimension.

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