Higher-order Darboux transformations for two-dimensional Dirac systems with diagonal matrix potential

We construct the explicit form of higher-order Darboux transformations for the two-dimensional Dirac equation with diagonal matrix potential. The matrix potential entries can depend arbitrarily on the two variables. Our construction is based on results for coupled Korteweg-de Vries equations [27].

Dominant role of two-photon vertex in nonlinear response in two-dimensional Dirac systems

We show that the standard concepts of nonlinear response to electromagnetic fields break down in two-dimensional Dirac systems, like graphene, in the quantum regime close to the Dirac point. We present a compelling many-body theory for nonlinear transport focusing on disorder scattering as a benchmark example. We show that, although the diamagnetic two-photon vertex is absent at the non-interacting level, disorder effects give rise to a self-generation of such two-photon vertex surviving even in the clean limit. We predict that the two-photon vertex self-generation is present only in two dimensions. The impact of such a striking scenario on the nonlinear quantum transport is discussed, predicting a huge enhancement of third-order dc conductivity comparing to the common models.

Towards holographic flat bands

Motivated by the phenomenology in the condensed-matter flat-band Dirac systems, we here construct a holographic model that imprints the symmetry breaking pattern of a rather simple Dirac fermion model at zero chemical potential. In the bulk we explicitly include the backreaction to the corresponding Lifshitz geometry and compute the dynamical critical exponent. Most importantly, we find that such a geometry is unstable towards a nematic phase, exhibiting an anomalous Hall effect and featuring a Drude-like shift of its spectral weight. Our findings should motivate further studies of the quantum phases emerging from such holographic models.

Closed-form representations of iterated Darboux transformations for the massless Dirac equation

It is shown that first-order Darboux transformations for the two-dimensional massless Dirac equation with scalar potential and for the Schrödinger equation are the same up to a change of coordinates. As a consequence, we obtain a closed-form representation of iterated, higher-order Darboux transformations for our Dirac equation. We use the formalism to generate several new exactly-solvable Dirac systems through higher-order Darboux transformations.