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Topological correspondence between magnetic space group representations and subdimensions

Adrien Bouhon, Gunnar F. Lange, and Robert-Jan Slager
Phys. Rev. B 103, 245127 – Published 16 June 2021

Abstract

The past years have seen rapid progress in the classification of topological materials. These diagnostical methods are increasingly getting explored in the pertinent context of magnetic structures. We report on a general class of electronic configurations within a set of antiferromagnetic-compatible space groups that are necessarily topological. Interestingly, we find a systematic correspondence between these antiferromagnetic phases to necessarily nontrivial topological ferro/ferrimagnetic counterparts that are readily obtained through physically motivated perturbations. Addressing the exhaustive list of magnetic space groups in which this mechanism occurs, we also verify its presence on planes in 3D systems that were deemed trivial in existing classification schemes. This leads to the formulation of the concept of subdimensional topologies, featuring nontriviality within part of the system that coexists with stable Weyl points away from these planes, thereby uncovering novel topological materials in the full 3D sense that have readily observable features in their bulk and surface spectrum.

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  • Received 23 November 2020
  • Accepted 1 June 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.245127

©2021 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Adrien Bouhon1,2,*, Gunnar F. Lange3, and Robert-Jan Slager3,†

  • 1Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA), NORDITA, Hannes Alfvéns väg 12, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, SE-751 21 Uppsala, Sweden
  • 3TCM Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J.J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom

  • *adrien.bouhon@gmail.com
  • rjs269@cam.ac.uk

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Vol. 103, Iss. 24 — 15 June 2021

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