Questions tagged [topological-matter]
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Does the spin polarised DFT calculation mean broken time reversal symmetry?
Recently, I have got to learn that if time-reversal symmetry and inversion symmetry are present simultaneously in the system we have the following conditions on energy of Bloch's states:
$$E_{n,\chi }(...
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What is special about valley-focused Hamiltonians that make them give quantized/rational (valley) Chern numbers?
I have been thinking about so-called valley Chern numbers $C_v$ and associated topological phenomena. To my knowledge, they are usually applicable when inter-valley scattering is suppressed, leaving ...
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How to choose half-Brillouin-zone (HBZ) in Fukui & Hatsugai's numerical scheme for the Z2 invariant?
EDIT: Please see my first comment on this question first.
In this paper, Fukui and Hatsugai present a numerical scheme for the calculation of the $\mathbb{Z}_2$ index that uses the following ...
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Band structure of Weyl semimetal?
Weyl semimetals are topological quantum materials whose low energy excitations emerges as massles Weyl Fermions. They have a band touching point near the Fermi level called Weyl node.
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