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Weak $\mathbb{Z}_2$ Supertopology

Materials Science 2025-04-02 v3 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

Crystal symmetries can enforce all bands of a material to be topological, a property that is commonly referred to as ``supertopology". Here, we determine the symmetry-enforced Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 supertopologies of non-magnetic centrosymmetric materials with weak and strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC). For weak (i.e., negligible) SOC, crystal symmetries can enforce Dirac nodal lines protected by a π\pi-Berry phase, while for strong SOC, crystal symmetries can give rise to nontrival weak Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 topologies in 2D subplanes of the 3D Brillouin zone. We catalogue all centrosymmetric space groups whose symmetries enforce these Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 supertopologies. Suitable material realizations are identified and experimental signatures of the supertopologies, such as quantum spin Hall states, are being discussed.

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@article{arxiv.2408.00042,
  title  = {Weak $\mathbb{Z}_2$ Supertopology},
  author = {Kirill Parshukov and Moritz M. Hirschmann and Andreas P. Schnyder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.00042},
  year   = {2025}
}

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12 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables

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