Geometric bound on structure factor
Abstract
We show that a quadratic form of quantum geometric tensor in -space sets a bound on the term in the static structure factor at small . Bands that saturate this bound satisfy a condition similar to Laplace's equation, leading us to refer to them as . We provide examples of harmonic bands in one- and two-dimensional systems, including (higher) Landau levels. The geometric bound further leads to a topological bound on the term, which is saturated only when the band geometry satisfies the trace condition and, additionally, the quantum geometric tensor is uniform in -space. We speculate that these bounds taken together provide a useful guide for identifying Chern bands that favor (Abelian or non-Abelian) fractional Chern insulators.
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@article{arxiv.2412.02656,
title = {Geometric bound on structure factor},
author = {Yugo Onishi and Alexander Avdoshkin and Liang Fu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.02656},
year = {2025}
}
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7 pages, 1 figure + Supplemental Materials (8 pages)