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Dual Quantum Geometric Tensors and Local Topological Invariant

Quantum Physics 2026-04-29 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science

Abstract

The conventional quantum geometric tensor (QGT) is Hermitian, with a real symmetric quantum metric and an imaginary antisymmetric Berry curvature. We show that the Zeeman QGT is generically non-Hermitian and admits a natural decomposition into normal and anomalous metric-curvature sectors. The normal sector reduces to the conventional Hermitian structure, whereas the anomalous sector contains an imaginary symmetric metric-like tensor and a real antisymmetric curvature-like tensor with no counterpart in the standard QGT. In a two-dimensional Dirac system, the anomalous Zeeman curvature develops a radial flux singularity that is Hodge-dual to the tangential winding field of the Dirac node. This recasts the same local π1\pi_1 topology into a curvature-flux language, analogous to the flux representation of global π2\pi_2 topology by the conventional Berry curvature. At the level of linear response, the four symmetry-resolved components of the gyrotropic conductivity are in one-to-one correspondence with the four components of the Zeeman QGT, while their distinct low-frequency scalings provide an additional diagnostic for isolating the underlying geometric sector. The reciprocal kinetic magnetoelectric response offers a complementary experimental route to probe the same structure. These results establish a unified framework connecting non-Hermitian Zeeman quantum geometry, local Dirac-node topology, and measurable transport signatures.

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@article{arxiv.2604.09725,
  title  = {Dual Quantum Geometric Tensors and Local Topological Invariant},
  author = {Rongjie Cui and Longjun Xiang and Fuming Xu and Jian Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.09725},
  year   = {2026}
}

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