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Symmetric Real Dirac Fermions and Semimetals
Recently Weyl fermions have attracted increasing interest in condensed matter
physics due to their rich phenomenology originated from their nontrivial
monopole charges. Here we present a theory of real Dirac points that can be
understood as real monopoles in momentum space, serving as a real
generalization of Weyl fermions with the reality being endowed by the
symmetry. The real counterparts of topological features of Weyl semimetals,
such as Nielsen-Ninomiya no-go theorem, D sub topological insulators and
Fermi arcs, are studied in the symmetric Dirac semimetals, and the
underlying reality-dependent topological structures are discussed. In
particular, we construct a minimal model of the real Dirac semimetals based on
recently proposed cold atom experiments and quantum materials about
symmetric Dirac nodal line semimetals.Comment: 7.5 pages, 5 figures. Accepted by Phys. Rev. Let
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