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Change of the Chern number at band crossings

J. Bellissard

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/9504030

Abstract

Let H(ε, x) be a finite dimensional hermitian matrix depending on the variable x taking its values on a 2D manifold and changing with ε. If at ε=0 two bands are touching, we give a formula for the change of Chern number of these bands as ε passes through zero.

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