Impact of broken inversion symmetry on molecular states in multi-Weyl fermions

We study inversion-symmetry (IS) breaking in impurity dimers coupled to topological multi-Weyl systems in the low-energy dispersion domain. In the IS-preserved multi-Weyl semimetal phase, Hubbard bands split into symmetric and antisymmetric molecularlike subbands. Breaking IS induces a transition to a multi-Weyl metal, lifting the degeneracy of the Weyl node and closing the pseudogap. This causes opposite energy shifts: valence-band symmetric (antisymmetric) subbands red (blue) shift, reversing in the conduction band until a degeneracy point. Beyond this threshold, symmetric bands flatten near band cutoffs, whereas antisymmetric bands form quasizero energy modes asymptotically approaching---yet never crossing---the Fermi level. Crucially, identical molecular symmetries maintain nondegeneracy even as energy separation vanishes with stronger IS breaking. Our results demonstrate symmetry-selective mechanisms for topological molecular states in multi-Weyl systems.

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Physical review. B./Physical review. B
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2025-08-08
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https://doi.org/10.1103/1sn6-6b5s
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Topological Materials and Phenomena
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Impact of broken inversion symmetry on molecular states in multi-Weyl fermions

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Impact of broken inversion symmetry on molecular states in multi-Weyl fermions

M De Souza, Enésio Marinho, W. C. Silva, A. C. Seridonio, M. S. Figueira, Lucas Squillante, I. A. Shelykh, J. E. Sanches, D. S. Rojo
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Abstract

We study inversion-symmetry (IS) breaking in impurity dimers coupled to topological multi-Weyl systems in the low-energy dispersion domain. In the IS-preserved multi-Weyl semimetal phase, Hubbard bands split into symmetric and antisymmetric molecularlike subbands. Breaking IS induces a transition to a multi-Weyl metal, lifting the degeneracy of the Weyl node and closing the pseudogap. This causes opposite energy shifts: valence-band symmetric (antisymmetric) subbands red (blue) shift, reversing in the conduction band until a degeneracy point. Beyond this threshold, symmetric bands flatten near band cutoffs, whereas antisymmetric bands form quasizero energy modes asymptotically approaching---yet never crossing---the Fermi level. Crucially, identical molecular symmetries maintain nondegeneracy even as energy separation vanishes with stronger IS breaking. Our results demonstrate symmetry-selective mechanisms for topological molecular states in multi-Weyl systems.

Physical review. B./Physical review. BVol. 112(8)
Universidade Federal Fluminense (BR), University of Iceland (IS), Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
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