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The thermodynamics and topology of mean-field models with 2+k body interaction terms (generalizing XY model) are derived. Focusing on two particular cases (2+4 and 2+6 body interaction terms), a comparison between thermodynamic (phase…
The interest in the topological properties of materials brings into question the problem of topological phase transitions. As a control parameter is varied, one may drive a system through phases with different topological properties. What…
We develop a simulation framework for electrostatic and transport modeling of 2D Topological insulator field-effect transistor (2D TIFETs), based solely on first-principles calculations using density functional theory (DFT). We find that…
In a recent experiment [Trishin et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 236801 (2021)] a rich physics was observed for Fe atoms on MoS$_2$/Au(111), characterized by three different behaviors depending on the spectral density of the substrate…
For a Young function $\phi$ and a locally compact second countable group $G,$ let $L^\phi(G)$ denote the Orlicz space on $G.$ In this article, we present a necessary and sufficient condition for the topological transitivity of a sequence of…
An important component in studying mathematical models in many biochemical systems, such as those found in developmental biology, is phase transition. The purpose of this work is to analyze the phase transition property of a…
We investigate the topological phase transitions and edge-state properties of a time-multiplexed nonunitary quantum walk with sublattice symmetry. By constructing a Floquet operator incorporating tunable gain and loss, we systematically…
In semiconductor-superconductor hybrid structures a topological phase transition is expected as a function of chemical potential or magnetic field strength. We show that signatures of this transition can be observed in nonlinear Coulomb…
Amorphous systems have rapidly gained promise as novel platforms for topological matter. In this work we establish a scaling theory of amorphous topological phase transitions driven by the density of lattice points in two dimensions. By…
We consider the negative regularity mixing properties of random volume preserving diffeomorphisms on a compact manifold without boundary. We give general criteria so that the associated random transfer operator mixes $H^{-\delta}$…
We demonstrate the existence of topological phase transitions in interacting, symmetry-protected quantum matter at finite temperatures. Using a combined numerical and analytical approach, we study a one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger…
We study the formation of topological defects in nonequilibrium phase transitions of both classical and quantum field theory. We examine three model systems. 1). The phase transition of a quantum scalar field in a FRW universe is analyzed…
We treat a problem at the interface of dynamical systems and equilibrium statistical physics. It is well-known that the geometric pressure function $$t\in\mathbb R\mapsto \sup_{\mu}\left\{h_\mu(T_2)-t\int\log |dT_2(x)|d\mu(x)\right\}$$ of…
In this paper, we introduce the unstable topological pressure for C^1-smooth partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms with sub-additive potentials. Moreover, without any additional assumption, we have established the expected variational…
A novel modification of the Tersoff potential for Si is presented. The modification improves the transferability of the Tersoff potential for liquid states without the change of original parameters and with no alteration of bulk properties.…
We develop the Ruelle transfer operator theory for Axiom A diffeomorphisms and construct Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen measures, carrying the symbolic spectral results of Part I [64] over to smooth dynamics through the Markov partition coding of Part…
This is an analytic study of the problem of transitions between normal and superconducting phases for a sample which encloses a magnetic flux. A preliminary study of this problem, based on numerical minimization of the free energy for a…
We use top-down holography to study the thermodynamics of a one-parameter family of three-dimensional, strongly coupled Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theories with M-theory duals. For generic values of the parameter, the theories exhibit a mass…
By means of a microwave tight-binding analogue experiment of a graphene-like lattice, we observe a topological transition between a phase with a point-like band gap characteristic of massless Dirac fermions and a gapped phase. By applying a…
We report upon the numerical computation of the Euler characteristic \chi (a topologic invariant) of the equipotential hypersurfaces \Sigma_v of the configuration space of the two-dimensional lattice $\phi^4$ model. The pattern…