Revisiting (higher order and crystalline) topology in old models of lead telluride

Abstract

In this work, we revisit the model of PbTe presented in [E. Fradkin, E. Dagotto, and D. Boyanovsky, Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 2967 (1986)]. We show that the low energy theory of this model corresponds to a (higher-order) topological crystalline insulator in space group $Fm\bar{3}m{1}^{\prime }$, diagnosable by symmetry indicators. We show that the gapless fermions found on antiphase domain walls are the topological boundary modes of the system, due to a nonvanishing mirror Chern number. Furthermore, we show that any symmetric completion of the model must be in this same topological phase. Finally, we comment on the relationship of this model to realistic PbTe, which has recently been predicted to have a phase which realizes same bulk symmetry indicators.

arXiv comment6 pages, 3 figures v2. accepted version

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