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arXiv 1710.04871cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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AI类空间群对称性保护的线节点结构的体拓扑

Bulk topology of line-nodal structures protected by space group symmetries in class AI

Adrien Bouhon, Annica M. Black-Schaffer

摘要:

我们给出了一个详尽的表征的拓扑结构的带类AI,使用非对称空间群33($Pna2_1$)作为一个代表性的例子,可以形成各种各样的对称保护线节点结构。我们开始与所有线节点结构的拓扑分类,通过组合的价不可约表示(IRREPs)在几个高对称点(HSP)在一个固定的填充。我们分解节点价带束的总拓扑结构,通过基本(即不可分割的)节点结构的局部拓扑结构和全局拓扑结构,限制不同的基本节点元素的布里渊区(BZ)。从简单的点节点和简单的节点线(NL)的情况下推广,我们认为,每一个基本节点结构的局部拓扑结构的特点是由一组poloidal-toroidal收费,一个线,和一个线程收费(线程BZ环面时),而全球拓扑结构只允许对非平凡的线和线程收费。我们发现,所有这些费用的对称性保护的拓扑不变量,定义通过量子化的威尔逊圈相位对称约束的动量圈,我们完全从代数的价IRREPs在HSP。特别是,我们发现高度连接的线节点结构,线节点的线对,和线节点线程对,都是由单一的晶体对称性的保护。此外,我们还展示了保持对称性的拓扑Lifshitz转换,通过它独立的NL可以连接,断开或链接。我们的工作构成了一个启发式的方法,系统的拓扑分类和表征的所有动量空间线节点结构的空间群对称性保护类AI。

英文摘要:

We give an exhaustive characterization of the topology of band structures in class AI, using nonsymmorphic space group 33 ($Pna2_1$) as a representative example where a great variety of symmetry protected line-nodal structures can be formed. We start with the topological classification of all line-nodal structures given through the combinatorics of valence irreducible representations (IRREPs) at a few high-symmetry points (HSPs) at a fixed filling. We decompose the total topology of nodal valence band bundles through the local topology of elementary (i.e. inseparable) nodal structures and the global topology that constrains distinct elementary nodal elements over the Brillouin zone (BZ). Generalizing from the cases of simple point nodes and simple nodal lines (NLs), we argue that the local topology of every elementary nodal structure is characterized by a set of poloidal-toroidal charges, one monopole, and one thread charge (when threading the BZ torus), while the global topology only allows pairs of nontrivial monopole and thread charges. We show that all these charges are given in terms of symmetry protected topological invariants, defined through quantized Wilson loop phases over symmetry constrained momentum loops, which we derive entirely algebraically from the valence IRREPs at the HSPs. In particular, we find highly connected line-nodal structures, line-nodal monopole pairs, and line-nodal thread pairs, that are all protected by the unitary crystalline symmetries only. Furthermore, we show symmetry preserving topological Lifshitz transitions through which independent NLs can be connected, disconnected, or linked. Our work constitutes a heuristic approach to the systematic topological classification and characterization of all momentum space line-nodal structures protected by space group symmetries in class AI.

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