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arxiv: 1802.02887 · v1 · pith:23VEMCLZnew · submitted 2018-02-06 · ❄️ cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Geometrodynamics of electrons in a crystal under position and time dependent deformation

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keywords straincrystaldeformationelectronsenergygradientinducedlattice
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Semiclassical dynamics of Bloch electrons in a crystal under slowly varying deformation is developed in the geometric language of a lattice bundle. Berry curvatures and gradients of energy are introduced in terms of lattice covariant derivatives, with the corresponding connections given by the gradient and rate of strain. A number of physical effects are discussed: an effective post-Newtonian gravity at band bottom, polarization induced by spatial gradient of strain, orbital magnetization induced by strain rate, and electron energy stress tensor.

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