Conformal QED in two-dimensional topological insulators

Abstract It has been shown that local four-fermion interactions on the edges of two-dimensional time-reversal-invariant topological insulators give rise to a new non-Fermi-liquid phase, called helical Luttinger liquid (HLL). Here, we provide a first-principle derivation of this HLL based on the gaug...

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Main Authors: Natália Menezes, Giandomenico Palumbo, Cristiane Morais Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14635-y