GTPack: A Mathematica group theory package for application in solid-state physics and photonics

POSTER

Abstract

We present the Mathematica group theory package GTPack providing about 200 additional modules to the standard Mathematica language. The content ranges from basic group theory and representation theory to more applied methods like crystal field theory, tight-binding and plane-wave approaches capable for symmetry based studies in the fields of solid-state physics and photonics. GTPack is freely available via http://gtpack.org. The package is designed to be easily accessible by providing a complete Mathematica-style documentation, an optional input validation and an error strategy. We illustrate the basic framework of the package and show basic examples to present the functionality.

[1] W. Hergert, R. M. Geilhufe, Group Theory in Solid State Physics and Photonics: Problem Solving with Mathematica, Wiley-VCH, 2018
[2] R. M. Geilhufe, W. Hergert, Frontiers in Physics, 6:86, 2018

*German Research Foundation within the Collaborative Research Centre 762 (projects A4 and B1), European Research Council DM-321031, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, and the Villum Fonden Grant No. 11744

Presenters

  • Wolfram Hergert

    • Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Authors

  • Richard Geilhufe

    • NORDITA, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stockholm University and KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stockholm University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
    • NORDITA
    • Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm University
    • Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics
  • Wolfram Hergert

    • Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg