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Topological phases of non-interacting systems: A general approach based on states

Abstract

In this work we provide a classification scheme for topological phases of certain systems whose observable algebra is described by a trivial C^*-bundles. The classification is based on the study of the homotopy classes of \emph{configurations}, which are maps from a \emph{quantum parameter space} to the space of pure states of a reference \emph{fiber} C^*-algebra. Both the quantum parameter space and the fiber algebra are naturally associated with the observable algebra. A list of various examples described in the last section shows that the common classification scheme of non-interacting topological insulators of type A is recovered inside this new formalism.

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