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Time-loops in Dirac materials, torsion and unconventional Supersymmetry

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-09-21 v2

Abstract

We propose a scenario where the effects of dislocations, in bidimensional Dirac materials at low energies, can be described within a Dirac field theory by a vertex proportional to the totally antisymmetric component of the torsion generated by such dislocations. The well-known geometrical obstruction to have a nonzero torsion term of that kind in this two-dimensional settings is overcome through exotic time-loops, obtained from ingeniously manipulated particle-hole dynamics. If such torsion/dislocation is indeed present, a net flow of particles-antiparticles (holes) can be inferred and possibly measured. Finally, we comment on how these discoveries pave the way to a laboratory realization on Dirac materials of Unconventional Supersymmetry, as a top-down description of the π\pi-electrons in backgrounds with a nonzero torsion.

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@article{arxiv.2012.09910,
  title  = {Time-loops in Dirac materials, torsion and unconventional Supersymmetry},
  author = {Alfredo Iorio and Pablo Pais},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.09910},
  year   = {2022}
}

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6 pages, 2 Figures; contribution to the Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on High Energy physics - ICHEP2020, July 28 - August 6, 2020, Prague, Czech Republic (virtual meeting)