Improved instrumental techniques, including isotopic analysis, applicable to the characterization of unusual materials with potential relevance to aerospace forensics

GP Nolan, JF Vallee, S Jiang, LG Lemke - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
The problem of precise characterization, analysis, and eventual identification of unknown
materials arises in many fields and takes many forms, depending on the nature of the …

Interacting topological quantum chemistry in 2D with many-body real space invariants

J Herzog-Arbeitman, BA Bernevig, ZD Song - Nature communications, 2024 - nature.com
The topological phases of non-interacting fermions have been classified by their
symmetries, culminating in a modern electronic band theory where wavefunction topology …

Effective action approach to the filling anomaly in crystalline topological matter

P Rao, B Bradlyn - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
In two dimensions, magnetic higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs) are characterized
by excess boundary charge and a compensating bulk “filling anomaly.” At the same time …

Higher Berry phase of fermions and index theorem

Y Choi, K Ohmori - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 - Springer
A bstract When a quantum field theory is trivially gapped, its infrared fixed point is an
invertible field theory. The partition function of the invertible field theory records the response …

Crystalline responses for rotation-invariant higher-order topological insulators

J May-Mann, TL Hughes - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Two-dimensional higher-order topological insulators can display a number of exotic
phenomena, such as half-integer charges localized at both corners and disclination defects …

[HTML][HTML] Field theory of higher-order topological crystalline response, generalized global symmetries and elasticity tetrads

J Nissinen - Annals of Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
I discuss aspects of higher-order topological field theory of crystalline insulators with no
other symmetries. I show how the topology and geometry of the crystalline lattice is …

Topological field theories of three-dimensional rotation symmetric insulators: Coupling curvature and electromagnetism

J May-Mann, MR Hirsbrunner, X Cao, TL Hughes - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Quantized responses are important tools for understanding and characterizing the universal
features of topological phases of matter. In this work, we show that three-dimensional (3 D) …

Topological invariants beyond symmetry indicators: Boundary diagnostics for twofold rotationally symmetric superconductors

Y Chen, SJ Huang, YT Hsu, TC Wei - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Topological crystalline superconductors are known to have possible higher-order topology,
which results in Majorana modes on d− 2 or lower-dimensional boundaries. Given the rich …

Classification of interacting dirac semimetals

SJ Huang, J Yu, RX Zhang - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Topological band theory predicts a Z classification of three-dimensional (3D) Dirac
semimetals (DSMs) at the single-particle level. Namely, an arbitrary number of identical bulk …

Emergent geometry, torsion and anomalies in non-relativistic topological matter

J Nissinen - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
I review and discuss aspects of the interplay of emergent geometry and anomalies in
topological semimetals and insulators, focusing on effects of torsion. This correspondence …