Dirac Point Degenerate with Massive Bands at a Topological Quantum Critical Point

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2010-08-16

arxiv.org/abs/1008.2703v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 056401 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

5 pages, 3 figures

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The quasi-linear bands in the topologically trivial skutterudite insulator CoSb$_3$ are studied under adiabatic, symmetry-conserving displacement of the Sb sublattice. In this cubic, time-reversal and inversion symmetric system, a transition from trivial insulator to topological point Fermi surface system occurs through a critical point in which massless (Dirac) bands are {\it degenerate} with massive bands. Spin-orbit coupling does not alter the character of the transition. The mineral skutterudite (CoSb$_3$) is very near the critical point in its natural state.

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