Topological Axion States in the Magnetic Insulator with the Quantized Magnetoelectric Effect

D Zhang, M Shi, T Zhu, D **ng, H Zhang, J Wang - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
Topological states of quantum matter have attracted great attention in condensed matter
physics and materials science. The study of time-reversal-invariant topological states in …

Is the composite fermion a Dirac particle?

DT Son - Physical Review X, 2015 - APS
We propose a particle-hole symmetric theory of the Fermi-liquid ground state of a half-filled
Landau level. This theory should be applicable for a Dirac fermion in the magnetic field at …

Topological zero-dimensional defect and flux states in three-dimensional insulators

F Schindler, SS Tsirkin, T Neupert… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
In insulating crystals, it was previously shown that defects with two fewer dimensions than
the bulk can bind topological electronic states. We here further extend the classification of …

Wallpaper fermions and the nonsymmorphic Dirac insulator

BJ Wieder, B Bradlyn, Z Wang, J Cano, Y Kim… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Materials whose gapless surface states are protected by crystal symmetries include mirror
topological crystalline insulators and nonsymmorphic hourglass insulators. There exists only …

Symmetry-respecting topologically ordered surface phase of three-dimensional electron topological insulators

MA Metlitski, CL Kane, MPA Fisher - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
A three-dimensional electron topological insulator (ETI) is a phase of matter protected by
particle-number conservation and time-reversal symmetry. It was previously believed that …

Half-quantized Hall effect and power law decay of edge-current distribution

JY Zou, B Fu, HW Wang, ZA Hu, SQ Shen - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Half-quantized Hall conductance is characteristic of quantum systems with the parity
anomaly. Here, we investigate topological and transport properties of a class of parity …

Large dynamical axion field in topological antiferromagnetic insulator Mn2Bi2Te5

J Zhang, D Wang, M Shi, T Zhu, H Zhang… - Chinese Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The dynamical axion field is a new state of quantum matter where the magnetoelectric
response couples strongly to its low-energy magnetic fluctuations. It is fundamentally …

Bosonization and mirror symmetry

S Kachru, M Mulligan, G Torroba, H Wang - Physical Review D, 2016 - APS
We study bosonization in 2+ 1 dimensions using mirror symmetry, a duality that relates pairs
of supersymmetric theories. Upon breaking supersymmetry in a controlled way, we …

Quantum field theory anomalies in condensed matter physics

R Arouca, A Cappelli, H Hansson - SciPost Physics Lecture Notes, 2022 - scipost.org
We give a pedagogical introduction to quantum anomalies, how they are calculated using
various methods, and why they are important in condensed matter theory. We discuss axial …

Axionic band topology in inversion-symmetric Weyl-charge-density waves

BJ Wieder, KS Lin, B Bradlyn - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
In recent theoretical and experimental investigations, researchers have linked the low-
energy field theory of a Weyl semimetal gapped with a charge-density wave (CDW) to high …