Bulk Electron Spectrum (IMAGE)

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Bulk Electron Spectrum

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The bulk electron spectrum in a Weyl semimetal is described by a set of an even number of Weyl cones (aka valleys) centered at special points in the momentum space. These conical points, which are sometimes called "diabolical," conceal nontrivial topology.

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