Strong long-range interactions up to third nearest neighbors may induce a
topological phase transition in one-dimensional chains. Unlike the
Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model, this transition from trivial to topological phase
occurs with the emergence of a pseudospin valley structure and a twofold
nontrivial topological phase. Within a tight-binding approach, these
topological phases are analyzed in detail and it is shown that the low-energy
excitations follow a modified Dirac equation. An experimental realization in a
one-dimensional elastic chain, where it is feasible to tune directly the
third-nearest-neighbor interaction strength, is proposed.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure