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Double-helicoid surface states in Dirac semimetals protected by glide-time-reversal symmetry

Materials Science 2025-03-17 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

Recently, some Z2Z_2 monopole charges were defined for Dirac semimetals with GT\mathcal{GT} symmetry (G\mathcal{G}: glide, T\mathcal{T}: time-reversal) in previous works, and the charges are believed to lead to double-helicoid surface states. However, no proof of the bulk-surface correspondence is given there. In this paper, we point out one of the Z2Z_2 charges in the previous works is gauge-dependent, and newly define another Z2Z_2 charge. Using this new Z2Z_2 charge, we give a proof of the bulk-surface correspondence. We also compare the new Z2Z_2 charge with the Z2Z_2 invariant for G\mathcal{G}-protected topological crystalline insulators, and the second Stiefel-Whitney number for PT\mathcal{PT}-protected nodal line semimetals.

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@article{arxiv.2503.11152,
  title  = {Double-helicoid surface states in Dirac semimetals protected by glide-time-reversal symmetry},
  author = {Taiki Yukitake and Daisuke Hara and Shuichi Murakami},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.11152},
  year   = {2025}
}

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14 pages, 8 figures