Quantum Atmospherics for Materials Diagnosis
Qing-Dong Jiang, Frank Wilczek
TL;DR
This paper explores how symmetry breaking in topological insulators affects nearby molecules through axion electrodynamics, proposing a method to detect T violating superconductivity.
Contribution
It introduces a quantitative calculation of axion electrodynamics effects and an operator framework for analyzing symmetry-breaking influences on molecular spectra.
Findings
Identified a signature for T violating superconductivity.
Developed a systematic operator framework for analyzing symmetry-breaking effects.
Quantified the influence of topological insulators on molecular spectra.
Abstract
Symmetry breaking states of matter can transmit symmetry breaking to nearby atoms or molecular complexes, perturbing their spectra. We calculate one such effect, involving the `axion electrodynamics' relevant to topological insulators, quantitatively, and identify a signature for T violating superconductivity. We provide an operator framework whereby effects of this kind can be analyzed systematically.
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