Sixfold excitations in electrides
Simin Nie, B. Andrei Bernevig, Zhijun Wang
Abstract
The authors identify that the electride Li${}_{12}$Mg${}_{3}$Si${}_{4}$ and its derivatives exhibit a single linear dispersive six-fold excitation, which is formed by the floating bands of elementary band representation.
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