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Exact solutions of the Dirac equation, a system of four partial differential equations, are rare. The vast majority of them are for highly symmetric stationary systems. Moreover, only a handful of solutions for time dependent dynamics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-24 Andre G. Campos , Karen Z. Hatsagortsyan , Christoph H. Keitel

Gaining insight about ensembles of magnetic configurations, that could originate the confining string tension between quarks, constitutes a major concern in current lattice investigations. This interest also applies to a different approach,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-18 L. E. Oxman , G. C. Santos Rosa , B. F. I. Teixeira

3D Dirac semimetals are an emerging class of materials that possess topological electronic states with a Dirac dispersion in their bulk. In nodal-line Dirac semimetals, the conductance and valence bands connect along a closed path in…

Ultracold atoms endowed with tunable spin-orbital-angular-momentum coupling (SOAMC) represent a promising avenue for delving into exotic quantum phenomena. Building on recent experimental advancements, we propose the generation of synthetic…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-07-01 Yingqi Liu , Yun Chen , Yuangang Deng

In this letter, we have constructed and experimentally investigated frustrated arrays of dipoles forming two-dimensional artificial spin ices with different lattice parameters (rectangular arrays with horizontal and vertical lattice…

This study is devoted to the profound implications of tilted Dirac cones on the quantum transport properties of two-dimensional (2D) Dirac materials. These materials, characterized by their linear conic energy dispersions in the vicinity of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-30 Rasha Al-Marzoog , Ali Rezaei , Zahra Noorinejad , Mohsen Amini , Ebrahim Ghanbari-Adivi , S. A. Jafari

Gauge-theory approach to describe Dirac fermions on a disclinated flexible membrane beyond the inextensional limit is formulated. The elastic membrane is considered as an embedding of 2D surface into R^3. The disclination is incorporated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 E. A. Kochetov , V. A. Osipov , R. Pincak

A superposition of spin helices can yield topological spin textures, such as skyrmion and hedgehog lattices. Based on the analogy with the moir\'e in optics, we study the magnetic and topological properties of such superpositions in a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-05-26 Kotaro Shimizu , Shun Okumura , Yasuyuki Kato , Yukitoshi Motome

We study the electronic states of graphene in piecewise constant potentials using the continuum Dirac equation appropriate at low energies, and a transfer matrix method. For superlattice potentials, we identify patterns of induced Dirac…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 D. P. Arovas , L. Brey , H. A. Fertig , Eun-Ah Kim , K. Ziegler

Discrete degrees of freedom, such as spin and orbital, can provide intriguing strategies to manipulate electrons, photons, and phonons. With a spin degree of freedom, topological insulators have stimulated intense interests in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-22 Jingwen Ma , Xiang Xi , Yuan Li , Xiankai Sun

The Dirac equation is a cornerstone in the history of physics, merging successfully quantum mechanics with special relativity, providing a natural description of the electron spin and predicting the existence of anti-matter. Furthermore, it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-01-08 R. Gerritsma , G. Kirchmair , F. Zähringer , E. Solano , R. Blatt , C. F. Roos

3D topological insulators, similar to the Dirac material graphene, host linearly dispersing states with unique properties and a strong potential for applications. A key, missing element in realizing some of the more exotic states in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Yoshinori Okada , Wenwen Zhou , D. Walkup , Chetan Dhital , S. D. Wilson , V. Madhavan

Numerical simulation has indicated that vortex structures can exist for a long time in the form of quantized filaments on arrays of coupled weakly dissipative nonlinear oscillators in a finite three-dimensional domain under a resonant…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-12-11 Victor P. Ruban

Superconductors often contain quantized microscopic whirlpools of electrons, called vortices, that can be modeled as one-dimensional elastic objects. Vortices are a diverse playground for condensed matter because of the interplay between…

The method of self-adjoint extensions is employed to determine the vacuum quantum numbers induced by a singular static magnetic vortex in $2+1$-dimensional spinor electrodynamics. The results obtained are gauge-invariant and, for certain…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Yu. A. Sitenko

We update our previous work on the description of twisted configurations for complex massless scalar field on the Kerr black holes as the sections of complex line bundles over the Kerr black hole topology. From physical point of view the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Yu. P. Goncharov

Results are presented from numerical simulations of the flat-space nonlinear Maxwell-Klein-Gordon-Dirac equations. The introduction of a boson-fermion interaction allows a scalar vortex to act as a harmonic trap that can confine massive…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-10 Ethan P. Honda

Artificial spin ice systems are metamaterials composed of interacting nanomagnets arranged on a lattice, exhibiting geometrical frustration and emergent phenomena such as monopole excitations. We explore magnetization dynamics and monopole…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-28 Julia Frank , Johan van Lierop , Robert L. Stamps

We develop a theory for manipulating the effective band structure of interacting helical edge states realized on the boundary of two-dimensional time-reversal symmetric topological insulators. For sufficiently strong interaction, an…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-11-24 Yang-Zhi Chou , Jennifer Cano , J. H. Pixley

The surface states of a topological insulator are described by an emergent relativistic massless Dirac equation in 2+1 dimensions. In contrast to graphene, there is an odd number of Dirac points, and the electron spin is directly coupled to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Qin Liu , Chao-Xing Liu , Cenke Xu , Xiao-Liang Qi , Shou-Cheng Zhang