Local models and global constraints for degeneracies and band crossings

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2020.103892zbMath1450.81040arXiv1807.05751MaRDI QIDQ2207482

Birgit Wehefritz-Kaufmann, Ralph M. Kaufmann, Sergei Khlebnikov

Publication date: 22 October 2020

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.05751

zbMATH Keywords

geometry; deformations; topological invariants; band structures; condensed matter systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35P05: General topics in linear spectral theory for PDEs

35J70: Degenerate elliptic equations

81Q10: Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis

82D20: Statistical mechanics of solids

58J28: Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants

81Q70: Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory

14D15: Formal methods and deformations in algebraic geometry

82D80: Statistical mechanics of nanostructures and nanoparticles

53E30: Flows related to complex manifolds (e.g., Kähler-Ricci flows, Chern-Ricci flows)