In-Plane Zeeman-Field-Induced Majorana Corner and Hinge Modes in an -Wave Superconductor Heterostructure

YJ Wu, J Hou, YM Li, XW Luo, X Shi, C Zhang - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Second-order topological superconductors host Majorana corner and hinge modes in
contrast to conventional edge and surface modes in two and three dimensions. However …

Duality between the deconfined quantum-critical point and the bosonic topological transition

YQ Qin, YY He, YZ You, ZY Lu, A Sen, AW Sandvik… - Physical Review X, 2017 - APS
Recently, significant progress has been made in (2+ 1)-dimensional conformal field theories
without supersymmetry. In particular, it was realized that different Lagrangians may be …

Antiferromagnetic Chern insulator with large charge gap in heavy transition-metal compounds

M Hafez-Torbati, GS Uhrig - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Despite the discovery of multiple intrinsic magnetic topological insulators in recent years the
observation of Chern insulators is still restricted to very low temperatures due to the …

Interacting rice-mele model: Bulk and boundaries

YT Lin, DM Kennes, M Pletyukhov, CS Weber… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
We investigate the interacting, one-dimensional Rice-Mele model, a prototypical fermionic
model of topological properties. To set the stage, we first compute the single-particle spectral …

Dynamical generation of topological masses in Dirac fermions

YY He, XY Xu, K Sun, FF Assaad, ZY Meng, ZY Lu - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
We report the discovery of a topological Mott insulator in strongly correlated Dirac
semimetals. Such an interaction-driven topological state has been theoretically proposed …

Strong correlation effects on topological quantum phase transitions in three dimensions

A Amaricci, JC Budich, M Capone, B Trauzettel… - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We investigate the role of short-ranged electron-electron interactions in a paradigmatic
model of three-dimensional topological insulators, using dynamical mean-field theory and …

Elementary band representations for the single-particle Green's function of interacting topological insulators

D Lessnich, SM Winter, M Iraola, MG Vergniory… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We discuss the applicability of elementary band representations (EBRs) to diagnose spatial-
and time-reversal-symmetry protected topological phases in interacting insulators in terms of …

Quantum critical point of Dirac fermion mass generation without spontaneous symmetry breaking

YY He, HQ Wu, YZ You, C Xu, ZY Meng, ZY Lu - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We study a lattice model of interacting Dirac fermions in (2+ 1) dimensions space-time with
an SU (4) symmetry. While increasing the interaction strength, this model undergoes a …

Antiferromagnetic spin valve based on a heterostructure of two-dimensional hexagonal crystals

M Luo - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
Spin valves consisting of heterostructures of single-layer hexagonal crystal on an
antiferromagnetic substrate or of bilayer hexagonal crystal intercalated between two (anti) …

Topological invariants for interacting topological insulators. II. Breakdown of single-particle Green's function formalism

YY He, HQ Wu, ZY Meng, ZY Lu - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
Topological phase transitions in free fermion systems can be characterized by the closing of
single-particle gap and the change in topological invariants. However, in the presence of …