Generalized Boundary Condition Applied to Lieb-Schultz-Mattis-Type Ingappabilities and Many-Body Chern Numbers
Yuan Yao, Masaki Oshikawa
Abstract
Particle trajectories that mimic spiral stairways can reveal low-energy properties that might otherwise be missed in electronic crystals, an insight that could aid the search for new quantum materials.
Topics & Concepts
Spiral (railway)PhysicsBoundary (topology)Type (biology)QuantumChern classTheoretical physicsClassical mechanicsQuantum mechanicsStatistical physicsGeometryMathematicsMathematical analysisGeologyPaleontologyTopological Materials and PhenomenaQuantum many-body systemsAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics