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A supervised learning algorithm for interacting topological insulators based on local curvature

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Zegarra, A 
van Nieuwenburg, E 
Chitra, R 
Chen, W 

Abstract

jats:pTopological order in solid state systems is often calculated from the integration of an appropriate curvature function over the entire Brillouin zone. At topological phase transitions where the single particle spectral gap closes, the curvature function diverges and changes sign at certain high symmetry points in the Brillouin zone. These generic properties suggest the introduction of a supervised machine learning scheme that uses only the curvature function at the high symmetry points as input data. { We apply this scheme to a variety of interacting topological insulators in different dimensions and symmetry classes. We demonstrate that an artificial neural network trained with the noninteracting data can accurately predict all topological phases in the interacting cases with very little numerical effort.} Intriguingly, the method uncovers a ubiquitous interaction-induced topological quantum multicriticality in the examples studied.</jats:p>

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49 Mathematical Sciences, 51 Physical Sciences

Journal Title

SciPost Physics

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Journal ISSN

2542-4653
2542-4653

Volume Title

11

Publisher

Stichting SciPost
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P009565/1)