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High-throughput screening and theoretical analysis of charge-four Weyl materials

Yong-An Zhong, Lei Jin, Zining Hu, Yefeng Li, Ying Liu, Xuefang Dai, Hongshi Li, Hongli Gao, Xiaoming Zhang, and Guodong Liu

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125113 (2025) - Published 4 September, 2025

Charge-four Weyl points (C4-WPs), possessing the maximal topological charge, remain challenging to realize in real materials, and are largely confined to bosonic, artificial, or nonmagnetic systems. Here, the authors extend the study to ferromagnetic systems and systematically identify all nonmagnetic and ferromagnetic compounds hosting C4-WPs. Results reveal 13 space groups and 40 materials that can host C4-WPs. In the examples of Bi12PO20 and K2CuPbN6O12, four Fermi arcs are clearly observed. Uniaxial strain can also induce a topological phase transition from C4-WPs to C1-WPs.

First-principles computations of the Stark shift of a defect-bound exciton: The case of the T center in silicon

Louis Alaerts, Yihuang Xiong, Sinéad M. Griffin, and Geoffroy Hautier

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125114 (2025) - Published 4 September, 2025

The T center in silicon is a promising defect for quantum information science. Here, the authors use density functional theory to study the Stark shift of its zero-phonon line. Understanding Stark shift effects in quantum defects is important for their spectral diffusion. The work points to the technical challenge of dealing with bound exciton defects with DFT and stresses the importance of beyond first-order effects in these systems with delocalized wave functions.

Topological heavy fermion model as an efficient representation of atomistic strain and relaxation in twisted bilayer graphene

Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman, Jiabin Yu, Dumitru Călugăru, Haoyu Hu, Nicolas Regnault, Oskar Vafek, Jian Kang, and B. Andrei Bernevig

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125128 (2025) - Published 15 September, 2025

The flat band physics of twisted bilayer graphene has been elucidated by its mapping to a heavy-fermion problem, but experiments have repeatedly shown the importance of strain and particle-hole symmetry breaking in the phase diagram. The authors show here that these ubiquitous effects can be incorporated as a handful of new terms in the Anderson model, preserving its heavy-fermion character.

Kekulé spiral order from strained topological heavy fermions

Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman, Dumitru Călugăru, Haoyu Hu, Jiabin Yu, Nicolas Regnault, Jian Kang, B. Andrei Bernevig, and Oskar Vafek

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125129 (2025) - Published 15 September, 2025

The ground state of twisted bilayer graphene across much of its phase diagram is now understood to be the incommensurate Kekulé spiral (IKS). Using parent-state wavefunctions in the strained topological heavy-fermion model, the authors demonstrate here that the energetic stability of this state can be understood from C2𝒯-protected non-Abelian Dirac node braiding. This gives a topological interpretation to the energetic favorability of the IKS.

Trigonal distortion in the Kitaev candidate honeycomb magnet BaCo2(AsO4)2

M. M. Ferreira-Carvalho, S. Rößler, C. F. Chang, Z. Hu, S. M. Valvidares, P. Gargiani, M. W. Haverkort, Prashanta K. Mukharjee, P. Gegenwart, A. A. Tsirlin, and L. H. Tjeng

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125135 (2025) - Published 16 September, 2025

The authors utilize here high-precision inverse partial fluorescence yield x-ray absorption and magnetic circular dichroism to investigate whether the conditions for Kitaev physics are met in the honeycomb lattice compound BaCo2(AsO4)2. The measurements reveal considerable trigonal distortion in the CoO6 octahedra, larger than the Co 3d spin-orbit coupling constant. These results point out the necessity to tune the crystal structure by substitutions or uniaxial pressure to obtain a more cubic environment for the Co ions so that electronically Kitaev interactions can emerge.

Analytical solution for the relaxed atomic configuration of twisted bilayer graphene including heterostrain

Jian Kang and Oskar Vafek

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125138 (2025) - Published 16 September, 2025

The lattice relaxation in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) is usually obtained by numerically solving a set of nonlinear equations. Here, the authors first compare the results of two models often employed to determine the relaxation with available experimental data. They then derive an analytical formula to describe the lattice relaxation for the unstrained and strained TBG. Though approximate, the analytical formulas for the unstrained system are highly accurate unless the twist angle is less than 0.4°, far below the first magic angle. When the twist angle is around or above ≳ 1°, the formulas for the strained system are also highly accurate, even if the heterostrain is as large as 1%. These formulas are useful for the construction of the electronic continuum model.

Fractionalized fermionic multicriticality in anisotropic Kitaev spin-orbital liquids

Max Fornoville and Lukas Janssen

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125142 (2025) - Published 18 September, 2025

Fractionalized quasiparticles in frustrated many-body systems can give rise to emergent quantum phenomena absent in conventional settings. Here, the authors investigate a frustrated quantum spin-orbital model with XXZ spin anisotropy and uncover three distinct fractionalized liquid phases, each defined by unique symmetry properties. Most notably, they identify a multicritical point in the phase diagram where spin rotational symmetry emerges, despite its explicit absence in the underlying microscopic model.

Quantum phase transitions between symmetry-enriched fracton phases

Julian Boesl, Yu-Jie Liu, Wen-Tao Xu, Frank Pollmann, and Michael Knap

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125152 (2025) - Published 23 September, 2025

Fracton order is a novel type of quantum order in three dimensions with excitations of subdimensional mobility. Here, the authors propose a scheme to study different fractionalization patterns under global symmetries for such states: by tuning paths of exact isometric tensor networks, they uncover direct phase transitions of the X-cube model into phases where its excitations transform nontrivially under an anti-unitary symmetry. Their approach allows for sequential or holographic preparation schemes along the entire path, promising attainable implementation of 3D phase transitions on current quantum devices.

Multiwavefunction overlap and multientropy for topological ground states in (2+1) dimensions

Bowei Liu, Junjia Zhang, Shuhei Ohyama, Yuya Kusuki, and Shinsei Ryu

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125160 (2025) - Published 25 September, 2025

Here, the authors use multiwavefunction overlap—a generalization of the inner product in quantum mechanics from two states to multiple states (three or more)—to uncover universal properties of topological quantum matter in two spatial dimensions. Drawing on insights from the bulk–boundary correspondence, they show that multiwavefunction overlap can detect topological invariants of these systems, formulated as higher Berry phases—a generalization of the familiar Berry phase. In addition, they demonstrate that this approach reveals universal features of multipartite quantum entanglement in such states.

Negative exchange interaction in Si quantum dot arrays via valley-phase induced Z2 gauge field

Benjamin D. Woods

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125420 (2025) - Published 18 September, 2025

The exchange interaction in two-electron systems is usually constrained to be non-negative, which inhibits the construction of various dynamically corrected exchange-based gates in semiconductor spin qubits. The authors show here that negative exchange can be realized in two-electron Si quantum dot arrays due to the presence of the valley degree of freedom. Specifically, the authors find that valley phase difference between dots produce a nontrivial ℤ2 gauge field in the low-energy theory, which in turn leads to a negative exchange interaction.

Unoccupied bands in the molybdenum dichalcogenides MoS2, MoSe2, and MoTe2

J. Jobst, E. E. Krasovskii, R. Ribeiro, T. A. de Jong, C. R. Dean, R. M. Tromp, and S. J. van der Molen

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125422 (2025) - Published 24 September, 2025

Despite their key role in photoemission and secondary electron emission, determining the dispersion relation of unoccupied bands has long been experimentally challenging, especially because photon-based methods suffer from very low cross-sections. Here, the authors study unoccupied bands in molybdenum dichalcogenides by performing angle-resolved reflected-electron spectroscopy (ARRES). Both intralayer and interlayer resonances are investigated and interpreted by experimental and theoretical means. The interlayer states, which are dominated by unoccupied chalcogen d states, are shown to allow for precise layer counting on the nanoscale.

Quantum Mpemba effect without global symmetries

Tanmay Bhore, Lei Su, Ivar Martin, Aashish A. Clerk, and Zlatko Papić

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121109 (2025) - Published 26 September, 2025

A hot object can sometimes equilibrate faster than a colder one, a counterintuitive phenomenon known as the Mpemba effect. A quantum analogue has recently been explored in connection with symmetry breaking. Here, the authors show that this effect is far more general, arising in diverse quantum systems without global symmetries, including the quantum Ising model, disordered spin chains, and Floquet systems.

Nonlocal transport from nonlinear valley responses

Jin Cao, Hui Wang, Shen Lai, Cong Xiao, and Shengyuan A. Yang

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121404 (2025) - Published 18 September, 2025

Reciprocity of valley responses breaks down in nonlinear regime, challenging conventional wisdom. While the linear valley Hall effect and its inverse process have equal response coefficients per Onsager’s principle, nonlinear regimes reveal distinct symmetries and mechanisms. This study unveils a novel framework for nonlocal transport, introducing unique scaling laws as experimental signatures. These breakthroughs deepen nonlinear valleytronics, paving the way for innovative device applications and future explorations.

Boundary conditions for the entanglement cut in two-dimensional conformal field theories

Ananda Roy, Sergei L. Lukyanov, and Hubert Saleur

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121406 (2025) - Published 24 September, 2025

Entanglement, a quintessential characteristic of quantum mechanics, plays a crucial role in the investigation of quantum field theories. While the von-Neumann entropy provides a reliable way to characterize these theories, the nature of the entangling surface has remained mysterious even for two-dimensional rational conformal models. Here, this problem is analyzed by computing the universal characteristics of the entanglement spectra. Contrary to expectations, the “entanglement cut” is found to be described by conformal boundary conditions associated with the highest boundary entropy.

LETTERS

Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems

Absence of critical fluctuations at the bandwidth-controlled Mott transition in a molecular conductor

Tim Thyzel, Lars Franke, Markus Garst, Harald Schubert, Michael Lang, Takahiko Sasaki, and Jens Müller

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121101 (2025) - Published 2 September, 2025

Poincaré sphere engineering of dynamical ferroelectric topological solitons

Lingyuan Gao, Yijie Shen, Sergei Prokhorenko, Yousra Nahas, and Laurent Bellaiche

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121102 (2025) - Published 3 September, 2025

Radiative Higgs mode in photoinduced η pairs

Satoshi Ejima and Benedikt Fauseweh

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121103 (2025) - Published 5 September, 2025

Observation of multiple flat bands and Van Hove singularities in the distorted kagome metal NdTi3Bi4

Mazharul Islam Mondal, Anup Pradhan Sakhya, Milo Sprague, Brenden R. Ortiz, Matthew Matzelle, Arun K. Kumay, Avike Seal, Barun Ghosh, Arun Bansil, and Madhab Neupane

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121104 (2025) - Published 10 September, 2025

Slow ferromagnetic fluctuations in the kagome metal Sc3Mn3Al7Si5 revealed by Al27 NMR

Qing-Ping Ding, Charles Taylor, Yongbin Lee, Charuni Dissanayake, Vireshwar Mishra, Dang Khoa Le, Manh-Huong Phan, Yasuyuki Nakajima, and Yuji Furukawa

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121105 (2025) - Published 10 September, 2025

Multiple topological corner states in the continuum of extended kagome lattice

Shun-Peng Zhang, Ming-Jian Gao, Wei Jia, and Jun-Hong An

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121106 (2025) - Published 15 September, 2025

Solitons with self-induced topological nonreciprocity

Pedro Fittipaldi de Castro and Wladimir A. Benalcazar

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121107 (2025) - Published 18 September, 2025

Directionally asymmetric nonlinear optics in ferrorotational MnTiO3

Xinshu Zhang, Tyler Carbin, Kai Du, Bingqing Li, Kefeng Wang, Casey Li, Tiema Qian, Ni Ni, Sang-Wook Cheong, and Anshul Kogar

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121108 (2025) - Published 25 September, 2025

Quantum Mpemba effect without global symmetries

Tanmay Bhore, Lei Su, Ivar Martin, Aashish A. Clerk, and Zlatko Papić

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121109 (2025) - Published 26 September, 2025

A hot object can sometimes equilibrate faster than a colder one, a counterintuitive phenomenon known as the Mpemba effect. A quantum analogue has recently been explored in connection with symmetry breaking. Here, the authors show that this effect is far more general, arising in diverse quantum systems without global symmetries, including the quantum Ising model, disordered spin chains, and Floquet systems.

Control of nonreciprocal charge transport in topological insulator/superconductor heterostructures by Fermi level tuning and superconducting layer thickness

Soma Nagahama, Yuki Sato, Minoru Kawamura, Ilya Belopolski, Ryutaro Yoshimi, Atsushi Tsukazaki, Naoya Kanazawa, Kei S. Takahashi, Masashi Kawasaki, and Yoshinori Tokura

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121110 (2025) - Published 29 September, 2025

Flipping of electronic spins in BiFeO3 via chiral d−d excitations

Aseem Rajan Kshirsagar and Sven Reichardt

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121111 (2025) - Published 29 September, 2025

Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics

Optical pumping and initialization of a hole spin in site-controlled InGaAs pyramidal quantum dots

R. A. Barcan, I. Samaras, K. Barr, G. Juska, E. Pelucchi, and K. G. Lagoudakis

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121301 (2025) - Published 2 September, 2025

Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometry with trapped polariton condensates

S. Baryshev, I. Smirnov, I. Gnusov, T. Cookson, A. Zasedatelev, S. Kilin, and P. G. Lagoudakis

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121302 (2025) - Published 5 September, 2025

Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems

Nonadiabatic braiding of Majorana modes

Fei Yu, P. Z. Zhao, and Jiangbin Gong

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121401 (2025) - Published 5 September, 2025

Tunable one-dimensional charge density waves induced by atomic-scale strain

Meng-Meng Zhang, Cheng-Wei Liao, Chi Zhang, Ya-Xin Zhao, Ruo-Han Zhang, Lin He, and Qi Zheng

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121402 (2025) - Published 15 September, 2025

Controlling quantum entanglement via chiral Majorana interference

Yan-Feng Zhou, Qing Yan, Wei Luo, and Qing-Feng Sun

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121403 (2025) - Published 15 September, 2025

Nonlocal transport from nonlinear valley responses

Jin Cao, Hui Wang, Shen Lai, Cong Xiao, and Shengyuan A. Yang

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121404 (2025) - Published 18 September, 2025

Reciprocity of valley responses breaks down in nonlinear regime, challenging conventional wisdom. While the linear valley Hall effect and its inverse process have equal response coefficients per Onsager’s principle, nonlinear regimes reveal distinct symmetries and mechanisms. This study unveils a novel framework for nonlocal transport, introducing unique scaling laws as experimental signatures. These breakthroughs deepen nonlinear valleytronics, paving the way for innovative device applications and future explorations.

Universal and giant second-harmonic generation interference beyond magnetism

Hongru Zhang and Meng Ye

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121405 (2025) - Published 22 September, 2025

Boundary conditions for the entanglement cut in two-dimensional conformal field theories

Ananda Roy, Sergei L. Lukyanov, and Hubert Saleur

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121406 (2025) - Published 24 September, 2025

Entanglement, a quintessential characteristic of quantum mechanics, plays a crucial role in the investigation of quantum field theories. While the von-Neumann entropy provides a reliable way to characterize these theories, the nature of the entangling surface has remained mysterious even for two-dimensional rational conformal models. Here, this problem is analyzed by computing the universal characteristics of the entanglement spectra. Contrary to expectations, the “entanglement cut” is found to be described by conformal boundary conditions associated with the highest boundary entropy.

Probing quantum geometric capacitance via photonic spin Hall effect

Yahir Fernández-Méndez, Ramón Carrillo-Bastos, and Jesús A. Maytorena

Phys. Rev. B 112, L121407 (2025) - Published 25 September, 2025

ARTICLES

Electronic structure and strongly correlated systems

Partons from stabilizer codes

Rafael A. Macêdo, Carlo C. Bellinati, Weslei B. Fontana, Eric C. Andrade, and Rodrigo G. Pereira

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125101 (2025) - Published 2 September, 2025

Quantum geometry and low-frequency optical conductivity of nodal planes

Raymond Wiedmann, Kirill Alpin, Moritz M. Hirschmann, and Andreas P. Schnyder

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125102 (2025) - Published 2 September, 2025

Resonant x-ray spectroscopies on CrSBr: Probing the electronic structure through chromium d−d excitations

Victor Porée, Alberto Zobelli, Amit Pawbake, Jakub Regner, Zdeněk Sofer, Clément Faugeras, and Alessandro Nicolaou

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125103 (2025) - Published 2 September, 2025

Temperature and magnetic field dependent g-factors in electron spin resonance spectroscopy

Sebastian Kalhöfer

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125104 (2025) - Published 2 September, 2025

Signatures of Hund's metal physics in the single-layered 3d transition metal oxide Sr2CoO4

Shivani Bhardwaj and Sudhir K. Pandey

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125105 (2025) - Published 2 September, 2025

Charge gap and charge redistribution among copper and oxygen orbitals in the normal state of the Emery model

G. L. Reaney, N. Kowalski, A.-M. S. Tremblay, and G. Sordi

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125106 (2025) - Published 2 September, 2025

Impact of strain on excitonic radiative lifetime in a polar Hf3ZrS8 monolayer: Theoretical insight based on many-body perturbation theory

Dhirendra Kumar and Sudip Chakraborty

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125107 (2025) - Published 3 September, 2025

Ligand spin orbit coupling enhanced 4f5 Kitaev antiferromagnet: Application to SmI3

Li-Hao Xia, Yi-Peng Gao, Zhao-Yang Dong, and Jian-Xin Li

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125108 (2025) - Published 3 September, 2025

Tetragonal transition metal dichalcogenides with diverse electronic properties

Ran Xia, Xiaojun Shi, Huidong Wang, and Xiaoming Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125109 (2025) - Published 3 September, 2025

Constraints from antiunitary symmetries on phase diagrams of sign problem free models

Xu Zhang and Nick Bultinck

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125110 (2025) - Published 4 September, 2025

Arbitrarily high Chern numbers in spin-orbit coupled systems

Chang Qiao, Bin Zhou, and Chunyin Qiu

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125111 (2025) - Published 4 September, 2025

Estimates of the dynamic structure factor for the finite temperature electron liquid via analytic continuation of path integral Monte Carlo data

Thomas Chuna, Nicholas Barnfield, Jan Vorberger, Michael P. Friedlander, Tim Hoheisel, and Tobias Dornheim

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125112 (2025) - Published 4 September, 2025

High-throughput screening and theoretical analysis of charge-four Weyl materials

Yong-An Zhong, Lei Jin, Zining Hu, Yefeng Li, Ying Liu, Xuefang Dai, Hongshi Li, Hongli Gao, Xiaoming Zhang, and Guodong Liu

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125113 (2025) - Published 4 September, 2025

Charge-four Weyl points (C4-WPs), possessing the maximal topological charge, remain challenging to realize in real materials, and are largely confined to bosonic, artificial, or nonmagnetic systems. Here, the authors extend the study to ferromagnetic systems and systematically identify all nonmagnetic and ferromagnetic compounds hosting C4-WPs. Results reveal 13 space groups and 40 materials that can host C4-WPs. In the examples of Bi12PO20 and K2CuPbN6O12, four Fermi arcs are clearly observed. Uniaxial strain can also induce a topological phase transition from C4-WPs to C1-WPs.

First-principles computations of the Stark shift of a defect-bound exciton: The case of the T center in silicon

Louis Alaerts, Yihuang Xiong, Sinéad M. Griffin, and Geoffroy Hautier

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125114 (2025) - Published 4 September, 2025

The T center in silicon is a promising defect for quantum information science. Here, the authors use density functional theory to study the Stark shift of its zero-phonon line. Understanding Stark shift effects in quantum defects is important for their spectral diffusion. The work points to the technical challenge of dealing with bound exciton defects with DFT and stresses the importance of beyond first-order effects in these systems with delocalized wave functions.

Isostructural α−γ phase transition in cerium from the perspective of metageneralized gradient approximations

Ashesh Giri, Chandra Shahi, and Adrienn Ruzsinszky

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125115 (2025) - Published 5 September, 2025

Hierarchy construction for non-Abelian fractional quantum Hall states via anyon condensation

Carolyn Zhang, Ashvin Vishwanath, and Xiao-Gang Wen

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125116 (2025) - Published 8 September, 2025

Finite temperatures and flat bands: The Hubbard model on three-dimensional Lieb lattices

Lucas O. Lima, Julián Faúndez, Natanael C. Costa, and Raimundo R. dos Santos

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125119 (2025) - Published 10 September, 2025

Triplet pairing, orbital selectivity, and correlations in iron-based superconductors

Yashar Komijani, Elio König, and Piers Coleman

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125120 (2025) - Published 10 September, 2025

Finite-temperature transport in the gapped spin-12 XXZ chain and one-dimensional lattice spinless fermion model

J. M. P. Carmelo and P. D. Sacramento

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125121 (2025) - Published 10 September, 2025

First-principles calculations of transport coefficients in the Weyl semimetal TaAs

Guillaume E. Allemand, Matteo Giantomassi, and Matthieu J. Verstraete

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125122 (2025) - Published 10 September, 2025

Ground state of SU(3) spin model on the checkerboard lattice

Jun-Hao Zhang, Jie Hou, Jie Lou, and Yan Chen

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125123 (2025) - Published 10 September, 2025

String membrane nets from higher-form gauging: An alternate route to p-string condensation

Pranay Gorantla, Abhinav Prem, Nathanan Tantivasadakarn, and Dominic J. Williamson

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125124 (2025) - Published 11 September, 2025

Chirality-dependent spin states and transport in GaAs nanotubes: Cylindrical wave technique calculations

Pavel D’yachkov

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125125 (2025) - Published 12 September, 2025

Bosonic matrix product state description of Read-Rezayi states and its application to quasihole spins

Alexander Fagerlund and Eddy Ardonne

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125126 (2025) - Published 12 September, 2025

Coherent phonon pairs and rotational symmetry breaking of charge density wave order in the kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5

Qinwen Deng, Hengxin Tan, Brenden R. Ortiz, Andrea Capa Salinas, Stephen D. Wilson, Binghai Yan, and Liang Wu

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125127 (2025) - Published 12 September, 2025

Topological heavy fermion model as an efficient representation of atomistic strain and relaxation in twisted bilayer graphene

Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman, Jiabin Yu, Dumitru Călugăru, Haoyu Hu, Nicolas Regnault, Oskar Vafek, Jian Kang, and B. Andrei Bernevig

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125128 (2025) - Published 15 September, 2025

The flat band physics of twisted bilayer graphene has been elucidated by its mapping to a heavy-fermion problem, but experiments have repeatedly shown the importance of strain and particle-hole symmetry breaking in the phase diagram. The authors show here that these ubiquitous effects can be incorporated as a handful of new terms in the Anderson model, preserving its heavy-fermion character.

Kekulé spiral order from strained topological heavy fermions

Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman, Dumitru Călugăru, Haoyu Hu, Jiabin Yu, Nicolas Regnault, Jian Kang, B. Andrei Bernevig, and Oskar Vafek

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125129 (2025) - Published 15 September, 2025

The ground state of twisted bilayer graphene across much of its phase diagram is now understood to be the incommensurate Kekulé spiral (IKS). Using parent-state wavefunctions in the strained topological heavy-fermion model, the authors demonstrate here that the energetic stability of this state can be understood from C2𝒯-protected non-Abelian Dirac node braiding. This gives a topological interpretation to the energetic favorability of the IKS.

Thermodynamics of the Hubbard model on the Bethe lattice

Jia-Lin Chen, Zhen Fan, Bo Zhan, Jiahang Hu, Tong Liu, Junyi Ji, Kang Wang, Hai-Jun Liao, and Tao Xiang

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125130 (2025) - Published 15 September, 2025

Pseudogap in the lightly hole-doped triangular-lattice moiré Hubbard model

V. I. Kuz'min, M. A. Visotin, and S. G. Ovchinnikov

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125131 (2025) - Published 15 September, 2025

Electronic structure and hinge states of strained half-Heusler compounds LiSbZn and LiBiZn

Sanjib Kumar Das, Ion Cosma Fulga, Rakshanda Dhawan, Hem C. Kandpal, Jeroen van den Brink, and Jorge I. Facio

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125132 (2025) - Published 15 September, 2025

Measuring topological invariants of even-dimensional line-gapped non-Hermitian systems through quench dynamics

Xiao-Dong Lin and Long Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125133 (2025) - Published 15 September, 2025

Dipoles and anyonic directional confinement via twisted toric codes

José Garre Rubio

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125134 (2025) - Published 16 September, 2025

Trigonal distortion in the Kitaev candidate honeycomb magnet BaCo2(AsO4)2

M. M. Ferreira-Carvalho, S. Rößler, C. F. Chang, Z. Hu, S. M. Valvidares, P. Gargiani, M. W. Haverkort, Prashanta K. Mukharjee, P. Gegenwart, A. A. Tsirlin, and L. H. Tjeng

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125135 (2025) - Published 16 September, 2025

The authors utilize here high-precision inverse partial fluorescence yield x-ray absorption and magnetic circular dichroism to investigate whether the conditions for Kitaev physics are met in the honeycomb lattice compound BaCo2(AsO4)2. The measurements reveal considerable trigonal distortion in the CoO6 octahedra, larger than the Co 3d spin-orbit coupling constant. These results point out the necessity to tune the crystal structure by substitutions or uniaxial pressure to obtain a more cubic environment for the Co ions so that electronically Kitaev interactions can emerge.

Berry phases in the bosonization of nonlinear edge modes

Mathieu Beauvillain, Blagoje Oblak, and Marios Petropoulos

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125136 (2025) - Published 16 September, 2025

Parton mean-field theory of a Rydberg quantum spin liquid induced by density-dependent Peierls phases

Benno Bock, Simon Ohler, and Michael Fleischhauer

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125137 (2025) - Published 16 September, 2025

Analytical solution for the relaxed atomic configuration of twisted bilayer graphene including heterostrain

Jian Kang and Oskar Vafek

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125138 (2025) - Published 16 September, 2025

The lattice relaxation in twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) is usually obtained by numerically solving a set of nonlinear equations. Here, the authors first compare the results of two models often employed to determine the relaxation with available experimental data. They then derive an analytical formula to describe the lattice relaxation for the unstrained and strained TBG. Though approximate, the analytical formulas for the unstrained system are highly accurate unless the twist angle is less than 0.4°, far below the first magic angle. When the twist angle is around or above ≳ 1°, the formulas for the strained system are also highly accurate, even if the heterostrain is as large as 1%. These formulas are useful for the construction of the electronic continuum model.

Exploring d-wave magnetism in cuprates from oxygen moments

Ying Li, Valentin Leeb, Krzysztof Wohlfeld, Roser Valentí, and Johannes Knolle

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125139 (2025) - Published 17 September, 2025

Emergent phases in the Yao-Lee model via coupling to topological spin textures

Muhammad Akram and Onur Erten

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125140 (2025) - Published 17 September, 2025

Electronic structure, magnetic transition, and Fermi surface instability of the room-temperature altermagnet KV2Se2O

Yuanji Xu, Huiyuan Zhang, Maoyuan Feng, and Fuyang Tian

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125141 (2025) - Published 17 September, 2025

Fractionalized fermionic multicriticality in anisotropic Kitaev spin-orbital liquids

Max Fornoville and Lukas Janssen

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125142 (2025) - Published 18 September, 2025

Fractionalized quasiparticles in frustrated many-body systems can give rise to emergent quantum phenomena absent in conventional settings. Here, the authors investigate a frustrated quantum spin-orbital model with XXZ spin anisotropy and uncover three distinct fractionalized liquid phases, each defined by unique symmetry properties. Most notably, they identify a multicritical point in the phase diagram where spin rotational symmetry emerges, despite its explicit absence in the underlying microscopic model.

Intrinsic electrical magnetochiral anisotropy in trigonal tellurium from first principles

Xiaoxiong Liu, Ivo Souza, and Stepan S. Tsirkin

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125143 (2025) - Published 18 September, 2025

Magnetoresistivity in the antiferromagnetic Hubbard model

Joel Bobadilla, Marcelo J. Rozenberg, and Alberto Camjayi

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125144 (2025) - Published 19 September, 2025

Infinite Grassmann time-evolving matrix product operators for quantum impurity problems after a quench

Zhijie Sun, Ruofan Chen, Zhenyu Li, and Chu Guo

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125145 (2025) - Published 19 September, 2025

Topological zero modes from the interplay of PT symmetry and anti-PT symmetry

H. C. Wu and L. Jin

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125146 (2025) - Published 19 September, 2025

Origin of second harmonic generation in noncentrosymmetric crystal structures containing lone pair electrons

Fuming Li, Shilie Pan, and Zhihua Yang

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125147 (2025) - Published 22 September, 2025

Universal freezing transitions of dipole-conserving chains

Jonathan Classen-Howes, Riccardo Senese, and Abhishodh Prakash

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125148 (2025) - Published 22 September, 2025

Gauge field induced skin effect in spinful non-Hermitian systems

Moirangthem Sanahal, Subhasis Panda, and Snehasish Nandy

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125149 (2025) - Published 22 September, 2025

Revisiting the current-driven and field-induced insulator-to-metal transitions in the nodal-line ferrimagnetic semiconductor Mn3Si2Te6

Houpu Li, Zhiwei Wang, Kaibao Fan, Nan Zhang, Kaixin Tang, Hongyu Li, Tao Qi, Ziji Xiang, and Xianhui Chen

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125150 (2025) - Published 22 September, 2025

Importance of the crystal structure for superconductivity in infinite-layered nickel oxides

Álvaro Adrián Carrasco Álvarez, Wilfrid Prellier, Manuel Bibes, and Julien Varignon

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125151 (2025) - Published 23 September, 2025

Quantum phase transitions between symmetry-enriched fracton phases

Julian Boesl, Yu-Jie Liu, Wen-Tao Xu, Frank Pollmann, and Michael Knap

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125152 (2025) - Published 23 September, 2025

Fracton order is a novel type of quantum order in three dimensions with excitations of subdimensional mobility. Here, the authors propose a scheme to study different fractionalization patterns under global symmetries for such states: by tuning paths of exact isometric tensor networks, they uncover direct phase transitions of the X-cube model into phases where its excitations transform nontrivially under an anti-unitary symmetry. Their approach allows for sequential or holographic preparation schemes along the entire path, promising attainable implementation of 3D phase transitions on current quantum devices.

Excitonic effects and quasiparticle band renormalization of poly(p-phenylene vinylene) polymer crystals

Fangzhou Zhao, Yang-hao Chan, Zhenglu Li, and Steven G. Louie

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125153 (2025) - Published 24 September, 2025

Towards excitations and dynamical quantities in correlated lattices with density matrix embedding theory

Shuoxue Li, Chenghan Li, Huanchen Zhai, and Garnet Kin-Lic Chan

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125154 (2025) - Published 24 September, 2025

Single-crystalline orthorhombic GdAlGe as a rare-earth magnetic Dirac nodal-line metal

Antu Laha, Juntao Yao, Asish K. Kundu, Niraj Aryal, Anil Rajapitamahuni, Elio Vescovo, Fernando Camino, Kim Kisslinger, Lihua Zhang, Dmytro Nykypanchuk, J. Sears, J. M. Tranquada, Weiguo Yin, and Qiang Li

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125155 (2025) - Published 24 September, 2025

Topological flat bands in an anisotropic model

Yi-Xuan Ling, Xu-Hui Yan, Ying Han, Lu Qi, Xiuyun Zhang, and Ai-Lei He

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125156 (2025) - Published 24 September, 2025

Impurity-induced Mott ring states and Mott zeros ring states in the Hubbard operator formalism

Emile Pangburn, Anurag Banerjee, Catherine Pépin, and Cristina Bena

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125157 (2025) - Published 25 September, 2025

Defect-mediated pairing and dissociation of strongly correlated electrons in low-dimensional lattices

Vincent Pouthier and Saad Yalouz

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125158 (2025) - Published 25 September, 2025

Single-band square-lattice Hubbard model from twisted bilayer C568

Toshikaze Kariyado, Ashvin Vishwanath, and Zhu-Xi Luo

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125159 (2025) - Published 25 September, 2025

Multiwavefunction overlap and multientropy for topological ground states in (2+1) dimensions

Bowei Liu, Junjia Zhang, Shuhei Ohyama, Yuya Kusuki, and Shinsei Ryu

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125160 (2025) - Published 25 September, 2025

Here, the authors use multiwavefunction overlap—a generalization of the inner product in quantum mechanics from two states to multiple states (three or more)—to uncover universal properties of topological quantum matter in two spatial dimensions. Drawing on insights from the bulk–boundary correspondence, they show that multiwavefunction overlap can detect topological invariants of these systems, formulated as higher Berry phases—a generalization of the familiar Berry phase. In addition, they demonstrate that this approach reveals universal features of multipartite quantum entanglement in such states.

Unified mechanism behind the body-centered-cubic phase stability in compressed solids

Masaaki Geshi, Hiroki Funashima, and Gayan Prasad Hettiarachchi

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125161 (2025) - Published 26 September, 2025

Interaction-induced topological phase transition in magnetic Weyl semimetals

Konstantinos Sourounis and Aurélien Manchon

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125162 (2025) - Published 26 September, 2025

NMR study of spin supersolid phases in the triangular-lattice antiferromagnet Na2BaCo(PO4)2

Xiaoyu Xu, Zhanlong Wu, Ying Chen, Qing Huang, Ze Hu, Xinyu Shi, Kefan Du, Shuo Li, Rui Bian, Rong Yu, Yi Cui, Haidong Zhou, and Weiqiang Yu

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125163 (2025) - Published 29 September, 2025

Skin effect in non-Hermitian systems with SU(2) gauge fields

Wenna Zhang, Yutao Hu, Hongyi Zhang, Xiang Liu, Yuecheng Shen, Georgios Veronis, Andrea Alù, Yin Huang, and Wenchen Luo

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125164 (2025) - Published 29 September, 2025

Quantum many-body scars through the lens of correlation matrix

Zhiyuan Yao and Pengfei Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125165 (2025) - Published 29 September, 2025

Probing anyon statistics on a single-edge loop in the fractional quantum Hall regime

Flavio Ronetti, Noé Demazure, Jérôme Rech, Thibaut Jonckheere, Benoît Grémaud, Laurent Raymond, Masayuki Hashisaka, Takeo Kato, and Thierry Martin

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125166 (2025) - Published 29 September, 2025

Semiconductors I: bulk

Electron-phonon scattering in carrier transport of the ternary chalcopyrites AgInX2 (X=S,Se,Te)

Kai-Cheng Zhang, Chen Shen, Hong-Bin Zhang, Yong-Feng Li, and Yong Liu

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125201 (2025) - Published 2 September, 2025

Singular flat bands in three dimensions: Landau level spreading, quantum geometry, and Weyl reconstruction

Takuto Kawakami, Yuji Igarashi, and Mikito Koshino

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125202 (2025) - Published 15 September, 2025

Leading role of Dirac cones in transport properties of LaFeAsO

Federico Caglieris, Alessia Provino, Pietro Manfrinetti, Michael Eisterer, Marina Putti, and Ilaria Pallecchi

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125203 (2025) - Published 22 September, 2025

Superconductivity in barium hydrides via incorporation of light elements

Yue-Wen Fang and Ion Errea

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125204 (2025) - Published 23 September, 2025

Pressure-induced phase transitions and asynchronous ferroelectric switching mechanism in CuInP2S6

Pegah Mohammadi and Sobhit Singh

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125205 (2025) - Published 25 September, 2025

Semiconductors II: surfaces, interfaces, microstructures, and related topics

Coexistence of photonic Weyl points and nodal rings in topological gyroelectric continuum media

Ning Han, Rui Zhao, Mingzhu Li, Fujia Chen, Lu Qi, Chenxia Li, and Shutian Liu

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125301 (2025) - Published 2 September, 2025

Probing intervalley coupling via exciton hybridization in a charge-tunable GaAs/AlAs quantum dot

Arnault Raymond, Paola Atkinson, Antoine Chapuis, Savvas Germanis, Florent Margaillan, Mathieu Bernard, Valia Voliotis, and Benoit Eble

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125302 (2025) - Published 16 September, 2025

Addressable and tunable module for donor-based scalable silicon quantum computing

Shihang Zhang, Yu He, and Peihao Huang

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125303 (2025) - Published 16 September, 2025

Magnetotransport in a two-dimensional hybrid band system: Dirac and heavy-hole interplay

G. M. Gusev, A. D. Levin, V. A. Chitta, Z. D. Kvon, and N. N. Mikhailov

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125304 (2025) - Published 26 September, 2025

Anyonic analogue of optical Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Navketan Batra, Zezhu Wei, Smitha Vishveshwara, and D. E. Feldman

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125305 (2025) - Published 29 September, 2025

Surface physics, nanoscale physics, low-dimensional systems

Anisotropic lattice thermal conductivity in Sn2S3: Role of rattling modes in phonon transport

Xinkai Sun, Rongkun Chen, Ningxi Yang, and Shiqian Hu

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125401 (2025) - Published 2 September, 2025

Interlayer exchange coupling induced critical-metal-to-insulator phase transition in quantum anomalous Hall insulators

Ruoxi Zhang, Yi-Fan Zhao, Ling-Jie Zhou, Deyi Zhuo, Zi-Jie Yan, Chao-Xing Liu, Moses H. W. Chan, Chui-Zhen Chen, and Cui-Zu Chang

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125402 (2025) - Published 2 September, 2025

Exploration of novel foam structures of carbon, boron nitride, and boron carbon nitride: Stability and electronic properties

Juliana Gonçalves, Elizane E. de Moraes, Hélio Chacham, and Ronaldo J. C. Batista

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125403 (2025) - Published 2 September, 2025

Topological characterization of magnon-polaron bands and thermal Hall conductivity in a frustrated kagome antiferromagnet

Shreya Debnath, Kuntal Bhattacharyya, and Saurabh Basu

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125404 (2025) - Published 2 September, 2025

Tunable corner states in topological insulators with long-range hopping and diverse shapes

Fang Qin (覃昉) and Rui Chen

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125405 (2025) - Published 2 September, 2025

Dual-channel phonon transport in two-dimensional materials with low thermal conductivity

Yi-Ming Zhao, Xiwen Zhang, Chun Zhang, Sunmi Shin, and Lei Shen

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125406 (2025) - Published 3 September, 2025

Floquet-engineered diode performance of a topological Josephson junction composed of two Kitaev chains coupled via a quantum dot

Koustav Roy, Gourab Paul, Debika Debnath, Kuntal Bhattacharyya, and Saurabh Basu

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125407 (2025) - Published 4 September, 2025

Polaritonic Smith-Purcell radiations in van der Waals materials

Jiawei Wang, Zhiguo Sun, Weiwei Luo, Mengxin Ren, Wei Cai, and Jingjun Xu

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125408 (2025) - Published 4 September, 2025

Effects of Berry curvature and orbital magnetic moment on the magnetothermoelectric transport of Bloch electron systems

Viktor Könye and Masao Ogata

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125409 (2025) - Published 8 September, 2025

Chiral states induced by symmetry breaking terms in α−T3 lattices

J. P. G. Nascimento, S. M. Cunha, M. L. A. Paz, R. N. Costa Filho, J. M. Pereira, F. M. Peeters, and D. R. da Costa

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125410 (2025) - Published 8 September, 2025

Topological properties of domain walls in antiferromagnetic topological insulators

Gabriele Naselli and Ion Cosma Fulga

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125411 (2025) - Published 9 September, 2025

Quantum oscillations in a twisted WSe2 bilayer under finite displacement fields

Zheng-Yang Cao, An-Qi Wang, Xing-Yu Liu, Tong-Yang Zhao, Dapeng Yu, and Zhi-Min Liao

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125413 (2025) - Published 10 September, 2025

Valley-resolved optical spectroscopy and coherent excitation of quantum Hall edge states in graphene

Ashutosh Singh, Maria Sebastian, Mikhail Tokman, and Alexey Belyanin

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125414 (2025) - Published 10 September, 2025

Magnetically tuned metal-insulator transition in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 nanowire arrays

Ranjani Ramachandran, Shashank Anand, Kitae Eom, Kyoungjun Lee, Dengyu Yang, Muqing Yu, Sayanwita Biswas, Aditi Nethwewala, Chang-Beom Eom, Patrick Irvin, Erica Carlson, and Jeremy Levy

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125415 (2025) - Published 11 September, 2025

Thermo-optic bistability in two-dimensional all-dielectric resonators

G. V. Shadrina, D. N. Maksimov, and E. N. Bulgakov

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125416 (2025) - Published 15 September, 2025

Theoretical simulation of the STM and Raman images of phthalocyanine and deprotonated phthalocyanine molecules

Ziwei Ma, Bozong Yao, Dingwei Chu, Zhen Xie, Sai Duan, and Guangjun Tian

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125417 (2025) - Published 15 September, 2025

Construction of diverse two-dimensional models with arbitrary Chern number from one-dimensional models

S. Sajad Dabiri and Hosein Cheraghchi

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125418 (2025) - Published 16 September, 2025

Phonon-induced effects in quantum dot absorption and resonance fluorescence with a hierarchy of pure states

Sebastian Toivonen and Kimmo Luoma

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125419 (2025) - Published 17 September, 2025

Negative exchange interaction in Si quantum dot arrays via valley-phase induced Z2 gauge field

Benjamin D. Woods

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125420 (2025) - Published 18 September, 2025

The exchange interaction in two-electron systems is usually constrained to be non-negative, which inhibits the construction of various dynamically corrected exchange-based gates in semiconductor spin qubits. The authors show here that negative exchange can be realized in two-electron Si quantum dot arrays due to the presence of the valley degree of freedom. Specifically, the authors find that valley phase difference between dots produce a nontrivial ℤ2 gauge field in the low-energy theory, which in turn leads to a negative exchange interaction.

Grain boundary stabilization in polar skyrmion lattices via quasiparticle-based mechanism

Kohta Kasai, Shun Miyata, Susumu Minami, and Takahiro Shimada

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125421 (2025) - Published 22 September, 2025

Unoccupied bands in the molybdenum dichalcogenides MoS2, MoSe2, and MoTe2

J. Jobst, E. E. Krasovskii, R. Ribeiro, T. A. de Jong, C. R. Dean, R. M. Tromp, and S. J. van der Molen

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125422 (2025) - Published 24 September, 2025

Despite their key role in photoemission and secondary electron emission, determining the dispersion relation of unoccupied bands has long been experimentally challenging, especially because photon-based methods suffer from very low cross-sections. Here, the authors study unoccupied bands in molybdenum dichalcogenides by performing angle-resolved reflected-electron spectroscopy (ARRES). Both intralayer and interlayer resonances are investigated and interpreted by experimental and theoretical means. The interlayer states, which are dominated by unoccupied chalcogen d states, are shown to allow for precise layer counting on the nanoscale.

Superconducting coherence peak in near-field radiative heat transfer

Wenbo Sun, Zhuomin M. Zhang, and Zubin Jacob

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125423 (2025) - Published 25 September, 2025

Observation of nonequilibrium intrinsic phonon relaxation by ultrafast infrared microspectroscopy

Yang Luo, Heyuan Liu, Kun Yang, Shu Zhang, Zicheng Zhou, Jiajie Qi, Chenchen Wu, Xiangdong Guo, Kaihui Liu, Xiaoxia Yang, Hailong Chen, and Qing Dai

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125424 (2025) - Published 26 September, 2025

Fractional chiral second-order topological insulator from a three-dimensional array of coupled wires

Viktoriia Pinchenkova, Katharina Laubscher, and Jelena Klinovaja

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125425 (2025) - Published 26 September, 2025

Engineering a second-order topological superconductor hosting tunable Majorana corner modes in a magnet/d-wave superconductor hybrid platform

Minakshi Subhadarshini, Archana Mishra, and Arijit Saha

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125426 (2025) - Published 29 September, 2025

Momentum space nonstabilizerness for the transverse field quantum Ising model

Balázs Dóra and Cătălin Paşcu Moca

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125427 (2025) - Published 29 September, 2025

Hole spin in direct bandgap germanium-tin quantum dot

Nicolas Rotaru, Patrick Del Vecchio, and Oussama Moutanabbir

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125428 (2025) - Published 29 September, 2025

Chiral near-field control of quantum light generation using magneto-optical graphene

Mikkel Have Eriksen and Joel D. Cox

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125429 (2025) - Published 29 September, 2025

Optospintronic effects in an A-type antiferromagnetic Ti2C MXene spin valve

You Zhou, Jiahui Wang, Haoshen Ye, Dingwen Zhang, Leiming Chen, and Jianli Wang

Phys. Rev. B 112, 125430 (2025) - Published 30 September, 2025

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