This book addresses state of the art techniques which have rapidly evolved from the first studies of the Quantum Spin hall effect in graphene to more advanced algebraic topological invariants. Additionally, this book provides a comprehensive study of the topological properties of complex vector bundles endowed with actions of magnetic groups. Of particular interest is the description of the tools that will assist in performing the calculations of those invariants for prescribed spaces with magnetic symmetries. One relevant case is the determination of topological invariants in the electronic structure of magnetic crystals. The results of this book will aid researchers in finding the topological invariants of gapped Hamiltonians for specific magnetic symmetries in crystals.

Illuminates the background for the topological invariants of the electronic properties of magnetic materials Provides a tool to calculate these invariants for prescribed symmetries and spaces Provides examples of calculations that are relevant in the condensed matter physics realm

Autorentext

Bernardo Uribe is a professor of mathematics, with more than 20 years of experience in equivariant algebraic topology. He has written more than 30 research papers in algebraic topology and around 8 papers in theoretical and computational aspects of topological insulators in condensed matter physics.

Inhalt

Introduction.- Summary of Results.- Notation.- Magnetic Groups and their Representations.- Magnetic Equivariant K-Theory.- Applications in Topological Phases of Matter.- Conclusions and Further Remarks.- Acknowledgements.- Author's contributions.- Funding Information.- References.