Topological Nonsymmorphic Metals from Band Inversion
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Lukas Muechler, A. Alexandradinata, Titus Neupert, and Roberto Car Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA and Department of Physics, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland (Received 14 May 2016; revised manuscript received 4 October 2016; published 29 December 2016)
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