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Rongjie Cui

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Curvature-Flux Representation of Local Dirac-Node Topology from Non-Hermitian Zeeman Quantum Geometry

Local Dirac-node topology is usually described by a winding number or Berry phase, whereas curvature-flux formulations are commonly associated with global band topology. Here we show that the non-Hermitian Zeeman quantum geometric tensor (QGT) provides a curvature-flux representation of local $π_1$ topology. Unlike the conventional Hermitian QGT, whose metric and Berry curvature are fixed respectively by its real symmetric and imaginary antisymmetric parts, the Zeeman QGT must be decomposed according to symmetry under index exchange. This decomposition yields normal and anomalous metric-curvature sectors. The normal sector has the same metric-curvature structure as the conventional Hermitian QGT. The anomalous sector, by contrast, contains two components absent in the conventional QGT: an imaginary symmetric metric-like tensor and a real antisymmetric curvature-like tensor. In a two-dimensional Dirac system, the anomalous Zeeman curvature forms a radial flux field Hodge-dual to the tangential winding field of the Dirac node, thereby converting the local winding invariant into a Gauss-type flux invariant. We further show that the four Zeeman-geometric sectors map one-to-one onto frequency- and symmetry-resolved gyrotropic conductivity channels, with reciprocal kinetic magnetoelectric response providing a complementary probe. These results establish non-Hermitian Zeeman quantum geometry as a measurable framework connecting local Dirac-node topology and transport.

quant-ph

Nonequilibrium mean-field approach for quantum transport with off-diagonal disorder

For the nanoscale structures, disorder scattering plays a vital role in the carriers' transport, including electrons and high-frequency phonons. The capability for effectively treating the disorders, including both diagonal and off-diagonal disorders, is indispensable for quantum transport simulation of realistic device materials. In this work, we report a self-consistent nonequilibrium mean-field quantum transport approach, by combining the auxiliary coherent potential approximation (ACPA) and non-equilibrium Green's function method, for calculating the phonon transport through disordered material structures with the force-constant disorders (including the Anderson-type disorder). The nonequilibrium vertex correction (NVC) is derived in an extended local degree of freedom to account for both the multiple disorder scattering by force-constant disorder and the nonequilibrium quantum statistics. We have tested ACPA-NVC method with the fluctuation-dissipation theorem at the equilibrium and obtained very good agreement with supercell calculations for the phonon transmission. To demonstrate the applicability, we apply ACPA-NVC to calculate the thermal conductance for the disordered Ni/Pt interface, and important effects of force-constant disorder are revealed. ACPA-NVC method provides an effective quantum transport approach for simulating disordered nanoscale devices, and the generalization to simulate disordered nanoelectronic device is straightforward.

cond-mat.mes-hall