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Special Condensed Matter Seminar: Fermionic symmetry protected topological phases with reflection symmetry and global anomalies

Date:
-
Location:
CP171
Speaker(s) / Presenter(s):
Shinsei Ryu (UIUC)
Quantum anomalies, breakdown of classical symmetries by quantum effects, provide a sharp
definition of symmetry protected topological (SPT) phases. In particular, they can diagnose interaction
effects on the non-interacting classification of fermionic SPT phases. In this talk, I will discuss
various examples of topological superconductors with reflection symmetries in (2+1) and (3+1) dimensions.
In particular, I will focus on how interaction effects can modify free-fermion classifications by
identifying global quantum anomalies at the boundary of these systems.