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Color degeneracy of competing orders near topological defects cores in planar quadratic band touching systems

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keywords quadratic band touchingvortex corecompeting orderscolor degeneracybilayer grapheneSO(5) algebrachiral symmetrytopological defects
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Near vortex cores in quadratic band touching systems, ten additional masses close an SO(5) algebra and create color degeneracy by lifting chiral symmetries in multiple ways.

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This paper examines two-dimensional fermionic systems with quadratic band touching in the normal state when vortices and skyrmions of insulating and superconducting masses are present. A prototypical case is Bernal bilayer graphene, which binds eight zero-energy modes to a mass vortex possessing the right U(1) symmetry. These modes can be split by ten extra mass terms forming an SO(5) algebra that lifts the SO(4) symmetry in five ways and each of two SU(2) chiral symmetries in three distinct ways. The resulting multiplicity produces color degeneracy among competing chiral-triplet orders near the core. Skyrmions of three anticommuting masses instead support six additional masses plus an SU(2) isospin quantum number, permitting specific pair-density waves or pairings inside the core.

Core claim

Near the vortex core, additional ten masses that close an SO(5) algebra can develop local expectation values by splitting the manifold of zero modes in five and ten different ways by lifting its SO(4) and SU(2) chiral symmetries, respectively. In particular, each SU(2) chiral symmetry can be broken by three distinct copies of chiral-triplet mass orders, giving rise to the notion of the color degeneracy among the competing orders near the vortex core.

What carries the argument

The manifold of eight zero-energy modes around a mass vortex with U(1) symmetry, split by ten additional masses closing an SO(5) algebra that lift SO(4) and SU(2) chiral symmetries in multiple equivalent ways.

If this is right

  • Charge 4e Kekulé pair density waves can develop in the skyrmion core of Néel layer antiferromagnet.
  • A skyrmion of quantum spin Hall insulator in addition supports an s-wave pairing in its core.
  • Skyrmions of three anticommuting masses possess an SU(2) isospin quantum number besides the usual generalized U(1) charge.
  • Checkerboard or Kagome lattices supporting only a single copy of quadratic band touching exhibit a different internal algebra of competing orders in defect cores.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The color degeneracy may allow multiple distinct ordered phases to nucleate locally around defects even when only one is stable in the bulk.
  • Local density-of-states maps or transport measurements near defects could reveal signatures of several coexisting mass orders due to this degeneracy.
  • The same splitting mechanism might operate in other two-dimensional systems that host quadratic band touchings under strain or in artificial lattices.

Load-bearing premise

That a prototypical system such as Bernal bilayer graphene supports exactly eight zero-energy modes in the presence of a mass vortex with the requisite U(1) symmetry.

What would settle it

Spectroscopic measurement around a vortex in bilayer graphene that finds a number of zero modes other than eight, or finds only one copy of each chiral-triplet order rather than three distinct copies near the core.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2004.13043 by Bitan Roy.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1: Triangle of three mutually anticommuting masses, [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2: Geometric representation of five SO(4) subgroups [Eq. (20) and Appendix B], resulting from the generators of SO(5) [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3: (a)-(e): Four SU(2) subgroups (each represented by a triangles), resulting from the corresponding SO(4) subgroup [see [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4: Two sets of three mutually anticommuting masses [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_4.png] view at source ↗
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We study two-dimensional fermionic systems, displaying quadratic band touching in the normal state, in the presence of vortices and skyrmions of insulating and superconducting masses in the ordered phase. A prototypical example of such systems is the Bernal bilayer graphene that supports eight zero-energy modes in the presence of a mass vortex with the requisite U(1) symmetry. Near the vortex core, additional ten masses that close an SO(5) algebra can develop local expectation values by splitting the manifold of zero modes in five and ten different ways by lifting its SO(4) and SU(2) chiral symmetries, respectively. In particular, each SU(2) chiral symmetry can be broken by three distinct copies of chiral-triplet mass orders, giving rise to the notion of the color degeneracy among the competing orders near the vortex core. By contrast, a skyrmion of three anticommuting masses supports additional six masses in its core, and possesses an SU(2) isospin quantum number, besides the usual generalized U(1) charge. Consequently, charge $4e$ Kekul\'e pair density waves can develop in the skyrmion core of N\'eel layer antiferromagnet, while a skyrmion of quantum spin Hall insulator in addition supports an $s$ wave pairing. We also analyze the internal algebra of competing orders in the core of these defects on checkerboard or Kagome lattice that supports only a single copy of quadratic band touching in the normal state.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript studies 2D fermionic systems with quadratic band touching (prototypically Bernal bilayer graphene) in the presence of vortices and skyrmions of insulating and superconducting masses. It claims that a U(1)-symmetric mass vortex binds exactly eight zero-energy modes whose degeneracy manifold can be split by ten additional masses that close an SO(5) algebra, lifting SO(4) symmetry in five ways and each of two SU(2) chiral symmetries in three ways (chiral-triplet masses), thereby producing color degeneracy among competing orders near the core. Skyrmions of three anticommuting masses are stated to support six additional masses plus an SU(2) isospin quantum number, allowing charge-4e Kekulé PDW or s-wave pairing in the core; the analysis is repeated for single-copy QBT on checkerboard/Kagome lattices.

Significance. If the zero-mode multiplicity and algebraic closure hold, the work supplies a parameter-free symmetry classification of local mass orders that can condense near defect cores, identifying a concrete mechanism (mode splitting) for degeneracy among competing phases. The explicit counting of five + ten splitting channels and the assignment of SU(2) isospin to skyrmion cores are strengths that follow directly from the mode algebra rather than fitting or self-referential definitions.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract (and the central claim): the statement that Bernal bilayer graphene supports exactly eight zero-energy modes for a U(1)-symmetric mass vortex is load-bearing for the subsequent SO(5) algebra, the five-way SO(4) splitting, and the three-way splitting per SU(2) that produces color degeneracy; the manuscript presents this multiplicity without an explicit index-theorem derivation, lattice diagonalization, or reference to a prior calculation that would confirm the count is protected against intervalley scattering or higher-order terms.
  2. [Abstract] The extension to skyrmion cores (six additional masses, SU(2) isospin, and consequent 4e Kekulé or s-wave orders) inherits the same zero-mode counting assumption; if the vortex multiplicity is not rigorously established, the skyrmion phenomenology does not follow.
minor comments (1)
  1. Notation for the ten masses that close SO(5) and the three distinct chiral-triplet copies per SU(2) should be introduced with explicit matrix representations or anticommutation relations to make the algebra verifiable.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for recognizing the potential significance of the symmetry classification of competing orders near defect cores. We address the major comments below.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract (and the central claim): the statement that Bernal bilayer graphene supports exactly eight zero-energy modes for a U(1)-symmetric mass vortex is load-bearing for the subsequent SO(5) algebra, the five-way SO(4) splitting, and the three-way splitting per SU(2) that produces color degeneracy; the manuscript presents this multiplicity without an explicit index-theorem derivation, lattice diagonalization, or reference to a prior calculation that would confirm the count is protected against intervalley scattering or higher-order terms.

    Authors: We agree that the eight zero-mode count is central to the subsequent algebraic analysis. The manuscript takes this multiplicity as given for Bernal bilayer graphene (a standard result for quadratic band touching with appropriate mass vortex) and focuses on the SO(5) closure and splitting channels. To strengthen the presentation, the revised manuscript will include an explicit index-theorem argument establishing the protected zero-mode multiplicity and its robustness to intervalley scattering and higher-order terms. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Abstract] The extension to skyrmion cores (six additional masses, SU(2) isospin, and consequent 4e Kekulé or s-wave orders) inherits the same zero-mode counting assumption; if the vortex multiplicity is not rigorously established, the skyrmion phenomenology does not follow.

    Authors: The skyrmion results are derived from the same zero-mode algebra as the vortex case. Once the vortex multiplicity is justified explicitly (as planned in the revision), the skyrmion counting and the associated additional masses, SU(2) isospin, and 4e orders follow directly. The revised manuscript will clarify this dependence and include the supporting derivation for the base count. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; derivation relies on algebraic splitting of an externally stated zero-mode count.

full rationale

The manuscript takes as given that Bernal bilayer graphene supports eight zero-energy modes for a U(1)-symmetric mass vortex, then uses symmetry algebra (SO(4), SU(2) chiral symmetries) to enumerate how ten additional masses can split the manifold in five and ten ways, respectively. This produces the claimed color degeneracy. No equation equates a derived quantity to a fitted input by construction, no load-bearing premise reduces solely to a self-citation whose authors overlap with the present work, and no ansatz is smuggled via prior self-reference. The eight-mode count is presented as a property of the prototypical system rather than derived or fitted within this paper; once accepted, the subsequent SO(5) algebra and splitting patterns are independent algebraic consequences. The analysis on checkerboard/Kagome lattices is likewise symmetry-based. The derivation is therefore self-contained against external benchmarks for the mode multiplicity.

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The central claim rests on domain assumptions about the existence and degeneracy of zero modes in quadratic band touching systems; no free parameters or invented entities are introduced in the abstract.

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  • domain assumption Bernal bilayer graphene supports eight zero-energy modes for a mass vortex with U(1) symmetry
    Stated as prototypical example enabling the SO(5) algebra and color degeneracy
  • domain assumption Additional masses close an SO(5) algebra and can develop local expectation values by splitting zero-mode manifold
    Core premise allowing multiple symmetry-breaking channels

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