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A scheme for topological phases of the Weyl C^*-algebra

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A classification scheme for topological phases is defined via homotopy classes of sections of pure-state fiber bundles over the Weyl C*-algebra, recovering K-theory results for symmetry classes A and AI.

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This paper develops a mathematical way to group different topological phases in quantum systems. It uses the space of pure states from the Weyl C*-algebra, a structure that models certain quantum operators with lattice symmetry. Phases are identified by continuous deformations of these states, captured through sections of fiber bundles and their homotopy classes. When restricted to states unchanged by lattice shifts, the method reproduces the known K-theory labels for insulators in classes A and AI. The goal is to extend the idea of topological classification using tools from operator algebras.

Core claim

Applying this classification procedure on states of the Weyl C*-algebra that are invariant under translations by a lattice, we recover the K-theoretic classification of gapped spectral projectors for topological insulators of types A and AI, thus essentially generalizing this notion.

Load-bearing premise

The premise that topological phases of matter are captured precisely by homotopy classes of sections of fiber bundles constructed from the space of pure states of the model C*-algebra.

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In this work, we introduce a classification scheme for topological phases of matter based on the topology of the space of pure states of a model $C^*$-algebra. Under it, topological phases are described by homotopy classes of sections of certain fiber bundles of (pure) states. Applying this classification procedure on states of the Weyl $C^*$-algebra that are invariant under translations by a lattice, we recover the $K$-theoretic classification of gapped spectral projectors for topological insulators of types A and AI, thus essentially generalizing this notion.

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The scheme rests on standard properties of C*-algebras and their state spaces together with a new topological construction; no free parameters or additional invented physical entities are indicated in the abstract.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption The space of pure states of the Weyl C*-algebra admits a natural fiber bundle structure whose sections classify topological phases via homotopy.
    This is the central modeling choice that defines the classification scheme.
invented entities (1)
  • Fiber bundles of pure states no independent evidence
    purpose: To encode topological phases as homotopy classes of their sections
    New construct introduced to implement the classification

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