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Stable nontrivial Z2 topology in ultrathin Bi (111) films: a first-principles study
Recently, there have been intense efforts in searching for new topological
insulator (TI) materials. Based on first-principles calculations, we find that
all the ultrathin Bi (111) films are characterized by a nontrivial Z2 number
independent of the film thickness, without the odd-even oscillation of
topological triviality as commonly perceived. The stable nontrivial Z2 topology
is retained by the concurrent band gap inversions at multiple
time-reversal-invariant k-points and associated with the intermediate
inter-bilayer coupling of the multi-bilayer Bi film. Our calculations further
indicate that the presence of metallic surface states in thick Bi(111) films
can be effectively removed by surface adsorption.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Domain wall brane in a reduced Born-Infeld- theory
The Born-Infeld theory is reduced from the Born-Infeld determinantal
gravity in Weitzenb\"ock spacetime. We investigate a braneworld scenario in
this theory and obtain an analytic domain wall solution by utilizing the
first-order formalism. The model is stable against the linear tensor
perturbation. It is shown that the massless graviton is localized on the brane,
but the continuous massive gravitons are non-localized and will generate a tiny
correction with the behavior of to the Newtonian potential.
The four-dimensional teleparallel gravity is recovered as an effective infrared
theory on the brane. As a physical application, we consider the
(quasi-)localization property of spin-1/2 Dirac fermion in this model.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures, published versio
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