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Construction and properties of a topological index for periodically driven time-reversal invariant 2D crystals. (English) Zbl 1331.82065

Summary: We present mathematical details of the construction of a topological invariant for periodically driven two-dimensional lattice systems with time-reversal symmetry and quasienergy gaps, which was proposed recently by some of us. The invariant is represented by a gap-dependent \(\mathbb{Z}_2\)-valued index that is simply related to the Kane-Mele invariants of quasienergy bands but contains an extra information. As a byproduct, we prove new expressions for the two-dimensional Kane-Mele invariant relating the latter to Wess-Zumino amplitudes and the boundary gauge anomaly.

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82D25 Statistical mechanics of crystals
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