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Dirac fermions are actively investigated, and the discovery of the quantized anomalous Hall effect of massive Dirac fermions has spurred the promise of low-energy electronics. Some materials hosting Dirac fermions are natural platforms for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-07 Hong Liu , Weizhe Edward Liu , Dimitrie Culcer

We calculate the anomalous Hall conductivity $\sigma_{xy}$ of the surface states {in cubic topological Kondo insulators}. We consider a generic model for the surface states with three Dirac cones on the (001) surface. The Fermi velocity,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-20 E. J. König , P. M. Ostrovsky , M. Dzero , A. Levchenko

The experimental progress in synthesizing low-dimensional nanostructures where carriers are confined to bent surfaces has boosted the interest in the theory of quantum mechanics on curved two-dimensional manifolds. It was recently asserted…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-12-03 Carmine Ortix , Jeroen van den Brink

We consider the vortex state of d-wave superconductors in the clean limit. Within the linearized approximation the quasiparticle bands obtained are found to posess Dirac cone dispersion (band touchings) at special points in the Brillouin…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 Ashvin Vishwanath

The chiral anomaly is based on a non-conserved chiral charge and can happen in Dirac fermion systems under the influence of external electromagnetic fields. In this case, the spectral flow leads to a transfer of right- to left-moving…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-04 Christoph Fleckenstein , Niccolò Traverso Ziani , Björn Trauzettel

The formation of persistent charge currents in mesoscopic systems remains an interesting and actual topic of condensed matter research. Here, we analyze the formation of spontaneous arising persistent currents of charged fermions in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-13 Anatoly M. Kadigrobov , Ilya M. Eremin

The collective excitation of surface plasmons in a massless Dirac plasma (e.g., graphene) half-space (bounded by air) is investigated using a relativistic quantum fluid model. The unique features of such surface waves are discussed and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 M. Shahmansouri , R. Aboltaman , A. P. Misra

The unconventional (half-integer) quantum Hall effect for a single species of Dirac fermions is analyzed. We discuss possible experimental measurements of the half-integer Hall conductance $g_{xy}$ of topological insulator surface states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-05 E. J. König , P. M. Ostrovsky , I. V. Protopopov , I. V. Gornyi , I. S. Burmistrov , A. D. Mirlin

The massless Dirac electrons found at topological insulator surfaces are thought to be influenced very little by weak, non-magnetic disorder. However, a resonance effect of strongly perturbing non-magnetic impurities has been theoretically…

We consider two-dimensional (2D) Dirac quantum ring systems formed by the infinite mass constraint. When an Aharonov-Bohm magnetic flux is present, e.g., through the center of the ring domain, persistent currents, i.e., permanent currents…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-25 Lei Ying , Ying-Cheng Lai

Recent experimental progress in condensed matter physics enables the observation of signatures of the parity anomaly in two-dimensional Dirac-like materials. Using effective field theories and analyzing band structures in external…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-13 J. Böttcher , C. Tutschku , L. W. Molenkamp , E. M. Hankiewicz

The possible realization of dissipationless chiral edge current in a topological insulator / magnetic insulator heterostructure is based on the condition that the magnetic proximity exchange coupling at the interface is dominated by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-08 Mingda Li , Qichen Song , Weiwei Zhao , Joseph A Garlow , Te-Huan Liu , Lijun Wu , Yimei Zhu , Jagadeesh Moodera , Moses H W Chan , Gang Chen , Cui-Zu Chang

We study the chiral separation and chiral magnetic effects in a slab of Dirac semimetal of finite thickness, placed in a constant magnetic field perpendicular to its surfaces. We utilize the Bogolyubov boundary conditions with a large Dirac…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-05 E. V. Gorbar , V. A. Miransky , I. A. Shovkovy , P. O. Sukhachov

Surface Dirac cones in three-dimensional topological insulators have generated tremendous and enduring interest for almost two decades owing to hosting a multitude of exotic properties. In this work, we unveil the existence of two types of…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-02-20 Dongling Liu , Xiao-Jiao Wang , Yijie Mo , Zhongbo Yan

We examine one-dimensional quantum scattering of a Dirac particle off relativistic potential barriers. With proper considerations of Dirac sea, existence of anomalous tunneling at zero incident-energy is revealed for a particular type of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-08-03 Pavel Hejcik , Taksu Cheon

We discover novel topological effects in the one-dimensional Kitaev chain modified by long-range Hamiltonian deformations in the hopping and pairing terms. This class of models display symmetry-protected topological order measured by the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-09-20 O. Viyuela , D. Vodola , G. Pupillo , M. A. Martin-Delgado

The pursuit of understanding parity anomaly in condensed matter systems has led to significant advancements in both theoretical and experimental research in recent years. In this study, we explore the parity anomaly of massless Dirac…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-14 Huan-Wen Wang , Bo Fu , Shun-Qing Shen

The quantum anomalous Hall effect refers to the quantization of Hall effect in the absence of applied magnetic field. The quantum anomalous Hall effect is of topological nature and well suited for field-free resistance metrology and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-21 Hang Chi , Jagadeesh S. Moodera

Recently, a chirality-driven contribution to the anomalous Hall effect has been found that is induced by the Berry phase and does not directly involve spin-orbit coupling. In this paper, we will investigate this effect numerically in a…

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