• Title of article

    Elementary energy bands in crystals are connected

  • Author/Authors

    Michel، نويسنده , , L. and Zak، نويسنده , , J.، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    19
  • From page
    377
  • To page
    395
  • Abstract
    A short review is given of elementary band representations of space groups and correspondingly a definition is presented of elementary energy bands in solids. Using these notions one can conclude that all the branches of an elementary energy band are connected. We present in this chapter a topologically unavoidable degeneracy in the band structure of solids.
  • Keywords
    infinite groups , general topology , Narrow band systems
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2002509