TY - JOUR
T1 - Topological Weyl semimetal phases in a time reversal invariant spinless model
AU - Li, Kangkang
AU - Qin, Shengshan
AU - Fu, Peiyuan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/7/29
Y1 - 2020/7/29
N2 - We investigate the topological Weyl semimetal phases in a time reversal invariant spinless lattice model which has C 4v or C 2v point group symmetries. For the C 4v case, the model is characterized by eight Weyl points in the k z = π plane, while for the C 2v case, it is characterized by four Weyl points in the k z = π plane. For both cases, Fermi arcs can be realized on their surfaces. We find that the topological Weyl semimetal can be viewed as an intermediate phase between the topological crystalline insulator (TCI) and normal insulator, and they all can be described by the so-called bent mirror Chern numbers. What's more, in the C 2v case, the TCI phase is still present when the perturbation is small, though the Z 2 invariant is not well-defined then, however, it can be well described by the bent mirror Chern number.
AB - We investigate the topological Weyl semimetal phases in a time reversal invariant spinless lattice model which has C 4v or C 2v point group symmetries. For the C 4v case, the model is characterized by eight Weyl points in the k z = π plane, while for the C 2v case, it is characterized by four Weyl points in the k z = π plane. For both cases, Fermi arcs can be realized on their surfaces. We find that the topological Weyl semimetal can be viewed as an intermediate phase between the topological crystalline insulator (TCI) and normal insulator, and they all can be described by the so-called bent mirror Chern numbers. What's more, in the C 2v case, the TCI phase is still present when the perturbation is small, though the Z 2 invariant is not well-defined then, however, it can be well described by the bent mirror Chern number.
KW - Weyl semimetal
KW - bent Chern number
KW - topological crystalline insulator
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U2 - 10.1088/1361-648X/ab8662
DO - 10.1088/1361-648X/ab8662
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85086889324
SN - 0953-8984
VL - 32
JO - Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
JF - Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
IS - 32
M1 - 325501
ER -