Bad topological semimetals in layered honeycomb compounds

The Mott transition in honeycomb compounds with significant spin-orbit coupling is explored. At finite temperatures we identify a novel semimetallic phase located between a topological insulator and a topological Mott insulator. This semimetal is characterized by having no charge gap, no quasipartic...

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Main Authors: Fernández López, M. (Author), Merino, J. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2022
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245 1 0 |a Bad topological semimetals in layered honeycomb compounds 
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520 3 |a The Mott transition in honeycomb compounds with significant spin-orbit coupling is explored. At finite temperatures we identify a novel semimetallic phase located between a topological insulator and a topological Mott insulator. This semimetal is characterized by having no charge gap, no quasiparticles, and gapped spin excitations with nontrivial topological properties. While charge conduction is incoherent involving mean-free paths violating the Mott-Ioffe-Regel limit, spin excitations can be transported ballistically along the edges giving rise to a quantized spin conductance. Such bad topological semimetal could be searched for close to the Mott transition in certain twisted bilayers of transition metal dicalchogenides. © 2022 American Physical Society. 
650 0 4 |a Charge gap 
650 0 4 |a Electric insulators 
650 0 4 |a Finite temperatures 
650 0 4 |a Gapped spin excitations 
650 0 4 |a Honeycomb structures 
650 0 4 |a Mott insulators 
650 0 4 |a Mott insulators 
650 0 4 |a Mott transitions 
650 0 4 |a Quasiparticles 
650 0 4 |a Semimetallics 
650 0 4 |a Spin-orbit couplings 
650 0 4 |a Topological insulators 
650 0 4 |a Topological properties 
650 0 4 |a Topology 
650 0 4 |a Transition metals 
700 1 |a Fernández López, M.  |e author 
700 1 |a Merino, J.  |e author 
773 |t Physical Review B