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Nearest-Neighbor Tight-Binding Realization of Hyperbolic Lattices with $\mathbb{Z}_2$ Gauge Structures

Optics 2025-11-04 v1

Abstract

A systematic framework for realizing Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 gauge extensions of hyperbolic lattices within the nearest-neighbor tight-binding formalism is developed. Using the triangle group Δ(2,8,8)\Delta(2,8,8) as an example, we classify all inequivalent projective symmetry groups by computing the second cohomology group H2(Δ(2,8,8),Z2)H^2(\Delta(2,8,8),\mathbb{Z}_2). Each class corresponds to a distinct flux configuration and can be constructed by tight-binding models to verify the symmetry relations of the extended group. The translation subgroups of the Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 extended lattices are associated with high genus surfaces, which follows the Riemann-Hurwitz formula. By applying the Abelian hyperbolic band theory, we find the all-flat dispersions along specific directions in momentum space and van Hove singularities correlated with discrete eigenenergies. Our results establish a general route to investigate gauge-extended hyperbolic lattices and provide a foundation for further studying symmetry fractionalization and spin liquid phases in non-Euclidean geometries.

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@article{arxiv.2511.00380,
  title  = {Nearest-Neighbor Tight-Binding Realization of Hyperbolic Lattices with $\mathbb{Z}_2$ Gauge Structures},
  author = {Xianghong Kong and Xingsi Liu and Shuihua Yang and Zhiyuan Yan and Weijin Chen and Zhixia Xu and Cheng-Wei Qiu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.00380},
  year   = {2025}
}