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Area of Science:

  • Condensed matter physics
  • Topological materials science
  • Non-Euclidean geometry

Background:

  • Topologically protected semi-metallic band crossings are crucial in condensed matter physics.
  • Understanding these phenomena in non-conventional lattice structures remains an active research area.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To extend the concept of topologically protected semi-metallic band crossings to hyperbolic lattices.
  • To investigate the unique properties of these lattices, including their reciprocal space structure and Bloch states.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a combination of diverse numerical and analytical approaches.
  • Analyzed the translation group structure of hyperbolic lattices.
  • Investigated the properties of non-Abelian Bloch states.

Main Results:

  • Discovered an unconventional scaling in the density of states at low energies.
  • Identified a nodal manifold of codimension five in the reciprocal space.
  • Demonstrated that this nodal manifold is topologically protected by a nonzero second Chern number.

Conclusions:

  • Hyperbolic lattices support topologically protected semi-metallic band crossings with unique characteristics.
  • The findings introduce a new paradigm for topological materials in negatively curved spaces.
  • The second Chern number serves as a topological invariant for these novel nodal structures.