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Hyperbolic band theory under magnetic field and Dirac cones on a higher genus surface

  • University of Saskatchewan
  • Osaka University

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Abstract

We explore the hyperbolic band theory under a magnetic field for the first time. Our theory is a general extension of the conventional band theory defined on a Euclidean lattice into the band theory on a general hyperbolic lattice/Riemann surface. Our methods and results can be confirmed experimentally by circuit quantum electrodynamics, which enables us to create novel materials in a hyperbolic space. To investigate the band structures, we construct directly the hyperbolic magnetic Bloch states and find that they form Dirac cones on a coordinate neighborhood. They can be regarded as a global quantum gravity solution detectable in a laboratory. Besides this is the first explicit example of a massless Dirac state on a higher genus surface. Moreover we show that the energy spectrum exhibits an unusual fractal structure refracting the negative curvature, when plotted as a function of a magnetic flux.

Original languageEnglish
Article number485602
JournalJournal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Volume33
Issue number48
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2021

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics

Keywords

  • band
  • circuit quantum electrodynamics
  • Dirac
  • higher
  • hyperbolic
  • magnetic field
  • theories

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