Axion term in topological insulators with broken time reversal and parity

The main subject of this work is the axion term in the effective electromagnetic action of topological insulators, which is responsible for the special electromagnetic properties of these materials. The axion term is characterized by a parameter θ, which can only take the values of 0, for regular i...

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Main Author: Reis, Itamar
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/46360