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Counting topological interface modes using simplicial characteristic classes

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Nicholas Bohlsen *
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I. Y. Dodin
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Hong Qin
DOI:10.1088/1367-2630/ae384ddelete
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A computational approach for predicting the number of topological interface modes (TIMs) in hermitian systems using the spectral flow—monopole correspondence is presented. The number of TIMs is determined by calculating the Chern number of a complex line bundle of local polarisation vectors over a phase space sphere surrounding a Weyl point. The Chern number is computed by constructing the simplicial first Chern class of a discrete vector bundle on a simplicial mesh. This approach is gauge invariant, derivative free, structure preserving, and robust to noise. The algorithm is shown to reproduce the expected number of TIMs for the case of equatorial fluid waves and the topological Langmuir cyclotron wave. The possibility of using this algorithm to analyse experimental measurements of bulk wave polarisations and predict the associated number of TIMs is explored in a synthetic example.
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