Filling constraints for spin-orbit coupled insulators in symmorphic and nonsymmorphic crystals

We determine conditions on the filling of electrons in a crystalline lattice to obtain the equivalent of a band insulator—a gapped insulator with neither symmetry breaking nor fractionalized excitations. We allow for strong interactions, which precludes a free particle description. Previous approach...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Watanabe, Haruki, Po, Hoi Chun, Vishwanath, Ashvin, Zaletel, Michael
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108668