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In this work we explore the effects of nonlinearity on three-dimensional topological phases. Of particular interest are the so-called Weyl semimetals, known for their Weyl nodes, i.e., point-like topological charges which always exist in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-17 Thomas Tuloup , Raditya Weda Bomantara , Jiangbin Gong

A theory for nontrivial topology of band structure in metallic helimagnets is developed. Two theorems on electron dispersion in helimagnets are proved. They reveal a Kramers-like degeneracy in helical magnetic field. The generalized Bloch…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-12-24 Yu. B. Kudasov

The subtle interplay between local and global charges for topological semimetals exactly parallels that for singular vector fields. Part of this story is the relationship between cohomological semimetal invariants, Euler structures, and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 Varghese Mathai , Guo Chuan Thiang

Impurities act as in situ probes of nontrivial electronic structure, causing real-space modulations in the density of states detected by scanning tunneling spectroscopy on the sample surface. We show that distinctive topological features of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-27 Andrew K. Mitchell , Lars Fritz

Topological metals and semimetals (TMs) have recently drawn significant interest. These materials give rise to condensed matter realizations of many important concepts in high-energy physics, leading to wide-ranging protected properties in…

Higher-order topology yields intriguing multidimensional topological phenomena, while Weyl semimetals have unconventional properties such as chiral anomaly. However, so far, Weyl physics remain disconnected with higher-order topology. Here,…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-10-07 Hai-Xiao Wang , Zhi-Kang Lin , Bin Jiang , Guang-Yu Guo , Jian-Hua Jiang

The hallmark of topological phases is their robust boundary signature whose intriguing properties---such as the one-way transport on the chiral edge of a Chern insulator and the sudden disappearance of surface states forming open Fermi arcs…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-08 Flore K. Kunst , Maximilian Trescher , Emil J. Bergholtz

When a Dirac semimetal is subject to a circularly polarized laser, it is predicted that the Dirac cone splits into two Weyl nodes and a nonequilibrium transient state called the Floquet Weyl semimetal is realized. We focus on the previously…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 Leda Bucciantini , Sthitadhi Roy , Sota Kitamura , Takashi Oka

We predict a novel metallic state of matter that emerges in a Weyl-semimetal superstructure with spatially varying Weyl-node positions. In the new state, the Weyl nodes are stretched into extended, anisotropic Fermi surfaces, which can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-15 Maxim Breitkreiz , Piet W. Brouwer

Weyl semimetals are a new paradigmatic topological phase of matter featuring a gapless spectrum. One of its most distinctive features is the presence of Fermi arc surface states. Here, we report on atomistic simulations of the dc…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-20 Jose Chesta Lopez , Luis E. F. Foa Torres , Alvaro S. Nunez

We show the occurence of Dirac, Triple point, Weyl semimetal and topological insulating phase in a single ternary compound using specific symmetry preserving perturbations. Based on {\it first principle} calculations, \textbf{\textit{k.p}}…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-05-15 Chiranjit Mondal , C. K. Barman , Aftab Alam , Biswarup Pathak

Magnetic topological semimetals (TSMs) are topological quantum materials with broken time-reversal symmetry (TRS) and isolated nodal points or lines near the Fermi level. Their topological properties would typically reveal from the…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-10-08 Jinyu Zou , Zhuoran He , Gang Xu

We propose an analytical model describing Fermi arc surface states observed in the recent investigations of Weyl semimetals. The effective two-valley Hamiltonian is supplemented by the boundary conditions taking into account both the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-01 Zh. A. Devizorova , V. A. Volkov

Fermi arc surface states, the manifestation of the bulk-edge correspondence in Weyl semimetals, have attracted much research interest. In contrast to the conventional Fermi loop, the disconnected Fermi arcs provide an exotic 2D system for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-17 Xi-Rong Chen , Guangze Chen , Yue Zheng , Wei Chen , D. Y. Xing

We consider three-dimensional fermionic band theories that exhibit Weyl nodal surfaces defined as two-band degeneracies that form closed surfaces in the Brillouin zone. We demonstrate that topology ensures robustness of these objects under…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-01 Oğuz Türker , Sergej Moroz

A material's electronic topology, which is generally described via its Bloch states and the associated bandstructure, will be enriched by the presence of interactions. In metallic settings, the interactions are usually treated through the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-20 D. M. Kirschbaum , L. Chen , D. A. Zocco , H. Hu , F. Mazza , J. Larrea Jiménez , A. M. Strydom , D. Adroja , X. Yan , A. Prokofiev , Q. Si , S. Paschen

Weyl degeneracies in spectra of magnetoplasma waves enable nonreciprocal energy flow and topologically protected modes, yet conventional materials require impractical magnetic fields to operate. Developing an effective Hamiltonian framework…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-16 Yuanzhao Wang , Oleg V. Kotov , Dmitry K. Efimkin

Very recently, the half-metallic compound Co$_3$Sn$_2$S$_2$ was predicted to be a magnetic WSM with Weyl points only 60 meV above the Fermi level ($E_F$). Owing to the low charge carrier density and large Berry curvature…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-12-24 Qiunan Xu , Enke Liu , Wujun Shi , Lukas Muechler , Jacob Gayles , Claudia Felser , Yan Sun

We continue our recently proposed holographic description of single-particle correlation functions for four-dimensional chiral fermions with Lifshitz scaling at zero chemical potential, paying particular attention to the dynamical exponent…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-07-11 Umut Gursoy , Vivian Jacobs , Erik Plauschinn , Henk Stoof , Stefan Vandoren

We have found a ferromagnetic Weyl semimetal (WSM) in half metallic Co$_3$Sn$_2$Se$_2$. The three pairs of Weyl points near Fermi level (E$_F$) are derived from nodal lines gapped by spin-orbit coupling (SOC). Though the Weyl points are…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-03-29 Qiunan Xu , Enke Liu , Wujun Shi , Lukas Muechler , Claudia Felser , Yan Sun