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In iron-based superconductors, band inversion of $d$- and $p$-orbitals yields Dirac semimetallic states. We theoretically investigate their topological properties in normal and superconducting phases, based on the tight-binding model…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-09-18 Takuto Kawakami , Masatoshi Sato

The spectrum of tight binding electrons on a square lattice with half a magnetic flux quantum per unit cell exhibits two Dirac points at the band center. We show that, in the presence of an additional uniaxial staggered potential, this pair…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-01-06 P. Delplace , G. Montambaux

Two-dimensional (2D) metallic altermagnets present exciting opportunities for both fundamental research and practical innovations. Their ability to enhance tunneling magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions, combined with the direct…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Raghottam M. Sattigeri , Xujia Gong , Amar Fakhredine , Carmine Autieri , Giuseppe Cuono

We study band modulations and topological transitions in a one-dimensional periodic bead-on-string chain. Using an exact transfer-matrix formulation of the wave equation with periodically modulated mass density, combined with numerical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-31 Haocong Pan , Wei Wang , Chunling Liu

We study the time-development processes of spin and charge transport phenomena in a topological Dirac semimetal attached to a ferromagnetic insulator with a precessing magnetization. Compared to conventional normal metals, topological Dirac…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-01-01 Takahiro Misawa , Kentaro Nomura

Non-Hermitian effects could trigger spectrum, localization and topological phase transitions in quasiperiodic lattices. We propose a non-Hermitian extension of the Maryland model, which forms a paradigm in the study of localization and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-13 Longwen Zhou , Yongjian Gu

We study the semi-metal/insulator quantum phase transition in three-dimensional Dirac semi-metals by solving a set of Schwinger-Dyson equations. We study the effect of an anisotropic fermion velocity on the critical coupling of the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-10-24 Margaret E. Carrington , Wade N. Cowie , Brett A. Meggison

We consider a two-dimensional quantum spin system described by a Heisenberg model that is embedded in a three-dimensional metal. The two systems couple via an antiferromagnetic Kondo interaction. In such a setup, the ground state…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-10-10 Zi Hong Liu , Bernhard Frank , Lukas Janssen , Matthias Vojta , Fakher F. Assaad

We present a theory describing the superconducting (SC) interaction of Dirac electrons in a quasi-two-dimensional system consisting of a stack of N planes. The occurrence of a SC phase is investigated both at T=0 and T\neq 0, in the case of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-10-05 E. C. Marino , Lizardo H. C. M. Nunes

The phenomenon of spin-dependent quantum scattering in two-dimensional (2D) pseudospin-1/2 Dirac materials leading to a relativistic quantum chimera was recently uncovered. We investigate spin-dependent Dirac electron optics in 2D…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-23 Li-Li Ye , Chen-Di Han , Ying-Cheng Lai

We present the successful realization of four-dimensional (4D) semimetal bands featuring tensor monopoles, achieved using superconducting quantum circuits. Our experiment involves the creation of a highly tunable diamond energy diagram with…

Three dimensional Dirac semimetals are stable against weak potential disorder, but not against strong disorder. In the language of renormalization group, such stability stems from the irrelevance of weak disorder in the vicinity of the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-01-08 Bitan Roy , S. Das Sarma

The periodized cluster dynamical mean-field theory (PCDMFT) combined with exact diagonalization as impurity solver has been applied to the half-filled standard Hubbard model on the honeycomb lattice. A correlated Dirac semimetal is found…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-10-26 Qing-Xiao Li , Rong-Qiang He , Zhong-Yi Lu

Interaction-driven topological phase transitions in Dirac semimetals are investigated by means of large-scale quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) simulations. The interaction among Dirac fermions is introduced by coupling them to Ising spins that…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-02-13 Xiao Yan Xu , K. S. D. Beach , Kai Sun , F. F. Assaad , Zi Yang Meng

From general arguments, that are valid for spin models with sufficiently short-range interactions, we derive strong constraints on the excitation spectrum across a continuous phase transition at zero temperature between a magnetic and a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-11 Leonardo Spanu , Federico Becca , Sandro Sorella

Flat electronic bands can accommodate a plethora of interaction driven quantum phases, since kinetic energy is quenched therein and electronic interactions therefore prevail. Twisted bilayer graphene, near so-called the "magic angles",…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Bitan Roy , Vladimir Juricic

We study the stability of the topological phase in one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chain subject to the quasiperiodic hopping disorder. We investigate two different hopping disorder configurations, one is the Aubry-Andr\'{e}…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2018-10-08 Tong Liu , Hao Guo

We study orbital diamagnetism at zero temperature in $(2+1)$-dimensional Dirac fermions with a short-range interaction which exhibits a quantum phase transition to a charge density wave (CDW) phase. We introduce orbital magnetic fields into…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-09-22 Yasuhiro Tada

We present a version of a strongly correlated 2+1-dimensional condensed matter system that features a thermal phase transition between a semimetal and an insulator through a semi-Dirac quantum critical region using AdS/CFT holography. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-21 Sebastián Bahamondes , Ignacio Salazar Landea , Rodrigo Soto-Garrido

Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are renowned for their rich and varied properties. They range from metals and superconductors to strongly spin-orbit-coupled semiconductors and charge-density-wave systems, with their single-layer…