High-order Van Hove singularities and their connection to flat bands

L Classen, JJ Betouras - Annual Review of Condensed Matter …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The flattening of single-particle band structures plays an important role in the quest for novel
quantum states of matter owing to the crucial role of interactions. Recent advances in theory …

Symmetry-protected multifold exceptional points and their topological characterization

P Delplace, T Yoshida, Y Hatsugai - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We investigate the occurrence of n-fold exceptional points (EPs) in non-Hermitian systems,
and show that they are stable in n-1 dimensions in the presence of antiunitary symmetries …

Non-Hermitian swallowtail catastrophe revealing transitions among diverse topological singularities

J Hu, RY Zhang, Y Wang, X Ouyang, Y Zhu, H Jia… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Exceptional points are a unique feature of non-Hermitian systems at which the eigenvalues
and corresponding eigenstates of a Hamiltonian coalesce. Many intriguing physical …

Competing orders at higher-order Van Hove points

L Classen, AV Chubukov, C Honerkamp, MM Scherer - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Van Hove points are special points in the energy dispersion, where the density of states
exhibits analytic singularities. When a Van Hove point is close to the Fermi level, tendencies …

Investigating the Cuprates as a platform for high-order Van Hove singularities and flat-band physics

RS Markiewicz, B Singh, C Lane, A Bansil - Communications Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Beyond the two-dimensional saddle-point Van Hove singularities (VHSs) with logarithmic
divergences in the density of states, recent studies have identified higher-order VHSs with …

Emergence of the chern supermetal and pair-density wave through higher-order van hove singularities in the haldane-hubbard model

P Castro, D Shaffer, YM Wu, LH Santos - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
While advances in electronic band theory have brought to light new topological systems,
understanding the interplay of band topology and electronic interactions remains a frontier …

Higher-order Van Hove singularity in magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene

D Guerci, P Simon, C Mora - Physical Review Research, 2022 - APS
Twisted trilayer graphene (TTG) has recently emerged experimentally as a fascinating
playground to study correlated and exotic superconducting phases. We have found that TTG …

Drawing Dispersion Curves: Band Structure Customization via Nonlocal Phononic Crystals

A Kazemi, KJ Deshmukh, F Chen, Y Liu, B Deng… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Dispersion relations govern wave behaviors, and tailoring them is a grand challenge in
wave manipulation. We demonstrate the inverse design of phononic dispersion using …

Classification of critical points in energy bands based on topology, scaling, and symmetry

NFQ Yuan, L Fu - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
A critical point of the energy dispersion is the momentum where electron velocity vanishes.
At the corresponding energy, the density of states (DOS) exhibits nonanalyticity such as …

Parquet renormalization group analysis of weak-coupling instabilities with multiple high-order Van Hove points inside the Brillouin zone

YP Lin, RM Nandkishore - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
We analyze the weak-coupling instabilities that may arise when multiple high-order Van
Hove points are present inside the Brillouin zone. The model we consider is inspired by …