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In this paper, we study a linearized two-dimensional Euler equation. This equation decouples into infinitely many invariant subsystems. Each invariant subsystem is shown to be a linear Hamiltonian system of infinite dimensions. Another…

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We theoretically predict two new classes of three-dimensional topological crystalline insulators (TCIs), which have an odd number of unpinned surface Dirac cones protected by crystal symmetries. The first class is protected by a single…

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We analyze quantum-geometric bounds on optical weights in topological phases with pairs of bands hosting nontrivial Euler class, a multigap invariant characterizing non-Abelian band topology. We show how the bounds constrain the combined…

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We report on a certain class of three-dimensional topological insulators and semimetals protected by spinless $\mathcal{P}\mathcal{T}$ symmetry, hosting an integer-valued bulk invariant. We show using homotopy arguments that these phases…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-17 Zory Davoyan , Wojciech J. Jankowski , Adrien Bouhon , Robert-Jan Slager

We study a class of translational-invariant insulators with discrete rotational symmetry. These insulators have no spin-orbit coupling, and in some cases have no time-reversal symmetry as well, i.e., the relevant symmetries are purely…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-05-11 A. Alexandradinata , B. Andrei Bernevig

Many magnetic point-group symmetries induce a topological classification on crystalline insulators, dividing them into those that have a nonzero quantized Chern-Simons magnetoelectric coupling ("axion-odd" or "topological"), and those that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-29 Nicodemos Varnava , Ivo Souza , David Vanderbilt

In this article, we review the recent progress in the study of topological phases in systems with space-time inversion symmetry $I_{\text{ST}}$. $I_{\text{ST}}$ is an anti-unitary symmetry which is local in momentum space and satisfies…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Junyeong Ahn , Sungjoon Park , Dongwook Kim , Youngkuk Kim , Bohm-Jung Yang

In this article, we report the equilibrium and nonequilibrium features of two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) Euler turbulence. To obtain a full range of equilibrium spectra, we perform pseudo-spectral simulations of Euler…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-07-13 Mahendra K. Verma , Soumyadeep Chatterjee

It is known that three-dimensional magnetic systems with glide symmetry can be characterized by a $Z_2$ topological invariant together with the Chern number associated with the normal vector of the glide plane, and they are expressed in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-14 Heejae Kim , Ken Shiozaki , Shuichi Murakami

We construct microscopical models of one-dimensional non-interacting topological insulators in all of the chiral universality classes. Specifically, we start with a deformation of the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model that breaks…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-01 Polina Matveeva , Tyler Hewitt , Donghao Liu , Kethan Reddy , Dmitri Gutman , Sam T. Carr

Topological band theory has conventionally been concerned with the topology of bands around a single gap. Only recently non-Abelian {topologies that thrive on involving multiple gaps} were studied, unveiling a new horizon {in topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-28 Bin Jiang , Adrien Bouhon , Shi-Qiao Wu , Ze-Lin Kong , Zhi-Kang Lin , Robert-Jan Slager , Jian-Hua Jiang

We investigate Riemannian quantum-geometric structures in semiclassical transport features of two-dimensional multigap topological phases. In particular, we study nonlinear Hall-like bulk electric current responses and, accordingly,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Ashwat Jain , Wojciech J. Jankowski , Robert-Jan Slager

Following Lortz, we construct a family of smooth steady states of the ideal, incompressible Euler equation in three dimensions that possess no continuous Euclidean symmetry. As in Lortz, they do possess a planar reflection symmetry and, as…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Theodore D. Drivas , Tarek M. Elgindi , Daniel Ginsberg

In this work we consider whether nonsymmorphic symmetries such as a glide plane can protect the existence of topological crystalline insulators and superconductors in three dimensions. In analogy to time-reversal symmetric insulators, we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-11-11 Daniel Varjas , Fernando de Juan , Yuan-Ming Lu

We characterize non-Hermitian band structures by symmetry indicator topological invariants. Enabled by crystalline inversion symmetry, these indicators allow us to short-cut the calculation of conventional non-Hermitian topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-26 Pascal M. Vecsei , M. Michael Denner , Titus Neupert , Frank Schindler

We generalize Turaev's definition of torsion invariants of pairs (M,x), where M is a 3-dimensional manifold and x is an Euler structure on M (a non-singular vector field up to homotopy relative to bM and local modifications in int(M).…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Riccardo Benedetti , Carlo Petronio

Topological invariants such as winding numbers and linking numbers appear as charges of topological solitons in diverse nonlinear physical systems described by a unit vector field defined on two and three dimensional manifolds. While the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2024-01-23 Radha Balakrishnan , Rossen Dandoloff , Avadh Saxena

The study of the propagation of electrons with a varying spinor orientability is performed using the coordinate transformation method. Topological Insulators are characterized by an odd number of changes of the orientability in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 D. Schmeltzer

A time-reversal invariant topological insulator can be generally defined by the effective topological field theory with a quantized \theta coefficient, which can only take values of 0 or \pi. This theory is generally valid for an…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-09-25 Zhong Wang , Xiao-Liang Qi , Shou-Cheng Zhang

Topological crystalline phases in electronic structures can be generally classified using the spatial symmetry characters of the valence bands and mapping them onto appropriate symmetry indicators. These mappings have been recently applied…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-02 Sander H. Kooi , Guido van Miert , Carmine Ortix