{
  "id": "0904.0690",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2009-04-04T06:31:38.000Z",
  "updated": "2009-04-20T21:27:13.000Z",
  "title": "Topological insulators in three dimensions from spontaneous symmetry breaking",
  "authors": [
    "Yi Zhang",
    "Ying Ran",
    "Ashvin Vishwanath"
  ],
  "comment": "10 pages, 6 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 79, 245331 (2009)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.79.245331",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We study three dimensional systems where strong repulsion leads to an insulating state via spontaneously generated spin-orbit interactions. We discuss a microscopic model where the resulting state is topological. Such topological `Mott' insulators differ from their band insulator counterparts in that they possess an additional order parameter, a rotation matrix, that describes the spontaneous breaking of spin-rotation symmetry. We show that line defects of this order are associated with protected one dimensional modes in the {\\em strong} topological Mott insulator, which provides a bulk characterization of this phase.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2009-04-20T21:27:13.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "73.43.-f",
      "71.30.+h",
      "71.10.Fd"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "spontaneous symmetry breaking",
      "topological insulators",
      "dimensions",
      "band insulator counterparts",
      "additional order parameter"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review B",
      "year": 2009,
      "month": "Jun",
      "volume": 79,
      "number": 24,
      "pages": 245331
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 10,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2009PhRvB..79x5331Z"
    }
  }
}