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Main Author: Damljanovic, Vladimir
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.11982
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author Damljanovic, Vladimir
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contents It is well known that a single Dirac cone at high-symmetry point (HSP) of a Brillouin zone, akin to the one in graphenes' band structure, can not appear as the only quasiparticle at the Fermi level in two-dimensional (2D), non-magnetic materials. Here we found two layer groups with time-reversal symmetry, among all possible both without- and with spin-orbit coupling, that host one Dirac cone at HSP and we show which additional dispersions appear: a pair of Dirac lines on opposite BZ edges and a pair of Dirac cones that can be moved but not removed by symmetry preserving perturbations, on the other two BZ edges. We illustrate our theory by a tight-binding band structure and discuss real 2D materials that belong to one of the two symmetry groups. Finally, we single out inconsistencies in the literature showing that it is better to focus scientist attention to a research topics itself, instead to group of authors only (e.g. from one university, country etc.) dealing with the same topics. On the other hand, repetitions of other scientist results without due citation, destroys the spirit of science itself.
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spellingShingle Non-magnetic layers with a single Dirac cone at high-symmetry point of the Brillouin zone
Damljanovic, Vladimir
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
It is well known that a single Dirac cone at high-symmetry point (HSP) of a Brillouin zone, akin to the one in graphenes' band structure, can not appear as the only quasiparticle at the Fermi level in two-dimensional (2D), non-magnetic materials. Here we found two layer groups with time-reversal symmetry, among all possible both without- and with spin-orbit coupling, that host one Dirac cone at HSP and we show which additional dispersions appear: a pair of Dirac lines on opposite BZ edges and a pair of Dirac cones that can be moved but not removed by symmetry preserving perturbations, on the other two BZ edges. We illustrate our theory by a tight-binding band structure and discuss real 2D materials that belong to one of the two symmetry groups. Finally, we single out inconsistencies in the literature showing that it is better to focus scientist attention to a research topics itself, instead to group of authors only (e.g. from one university, country etc.) dealing with the same topics. On the other hand, repetitions of other scientist results without due citation, destroys the spirit of science itself.
title Non-magnetic layers with a single Dirac cone at high-symmetry point of the Brillouin zone
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.11982