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

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 divergence. Critical points can be first classified as ordinary and high-order ones, and the ordinary critical points h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yuan, Noah F. Q., Fu, Liang
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society (APS) 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125812