Geometric bulk-edge correspondence for $\mathbb{Z}_2$-topological insulators

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.27318v1
• Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:31:56 GMT
• Title: Geometric bulk-edge correspondence for $\mathbb{Z}_2$-topological insulators
• Abstract summary: Fermionic time-reversal-invariant insulators in two dimensions--class AII in the Kitaev table--come in two topological phases.<n>We prove a geometric bulk-edge correspondence for curved interfaces.
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• Abstract: Fermionic time-reversal-invariant insulators in two dimensions--class AII in the Kitaev table--come in two topological phases. These phases are characterized by a $\mathbb{Z}_2$-valued invariant, the Fu-Kane-Mele index. We prove a geometric bulk-edge correspondence for curved interfaces: if two such insulators occupy complementary regions separated by a curved boundary, then the $\mathbb{Z}_2$ edge index of the interface system is the product, modulo two, of the difference of the two bulk $\mathbb{Z}_2$ indices and a geometric intersection number associated with the boundary and the measurement region. The argument is a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ analogue of the curved-interface connection formula proved for Hall insulators in \cite{DZ24}.

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