Topologically coupled energy bands in molecules

DOI10.1016/S0375-9601(02)01171-4MaRDI QIDQ699161zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors F. Faure, Boris I. Zhilinskií

Publication date 6 October 2002

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0204100

zbMATH Keywords

Atiyah-Singer index formulaexact level numbervector bundle topology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Molecular physics (81V55) Topology of vector bundles and fiber bundles (57R22)

Abstract: We propose a concrete application of the Atiyah-Singer index formula in molecular physics, giving the exact number of levels in energy bands, in terms of vector bundles topology. The formation of topologically coupled bands is demonstrated. This phenomenon is expected to be present in many quantum systems.

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