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.
Authors
- M De Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2466-3402)
- Enésio Marinho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4040-0618)
- W. C. Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6630-4897)
- A. C. Seridonio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5612-9485)
- M. S. Figueira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9305-3536)
- Lucas Squillante (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3433-1353)
- I. A. Shelykh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5393-821X)
- J. E. Sanches (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8096-8198)
- D. S. Rojo
Institutions
- Universidade Federal Fluminense (BR)
- University of Iceland (IS)
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2025-08-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/1sn6-6b5s
- Primary Topic
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- 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