Applications of ϕ-mapping theory in describing Weyl topological semimetals

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  • College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China

Received date: 2022-04-09

  Accepted date: 2022-06-02

  Online published: 2022-06-02

Abstract

In this study, we examine the topological classification of Weyl semimetals of Hermitian and non-Hermitian systems using ϕ-mapping topological current theory. We establish the ϕ fields in the momentum space by the given Hamiltonians of two-band systems to define the topological charge density. We find that the topological charge density is nonzero only at the zeroes of the norm of the ϕ fields, and these zeroes are exactly where Weyl points or Weyl exceptional points are located. The quantized numbers obtained by integrating the topological charge density can be used as the topological numbers for topo- logical classification.

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HUANG Xiaohong, JIANG Ying . Applications of ϕ-mapping theory in describing Weyl topological semimetals[J]. Journal of Shanghai University, 2024 , 30(1) : 106 -117 . DOI: 10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.2392

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