3. Massive Dirac Model Consider a 2D tight binding model for fermions on a square lattice which in the single particle s
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3. Massive Dirac Model Consider a 2D tight binding model for fermions on a square lattice which in the single particle sector looks like: II=2i1(x,y)∈Z2∑(∣x+1,y⟩⟨x,y∣−∣x,y⟩⟨x+1,y∣)⊗σx+2i1(x,y)∈Z2∑(∣x,y+1⟩⟨x,y∣−∣x,y⟩⟨x,y+1∣)⊗σy+21(x,y)∈Z2∑(∣x+1,y⟩⟨x,y∣+∣x,y⟩⟨x+1,y∣)⊗σz+21(x,y)∈Z2∑(∣x,y+1⟩⟨x,y∣+∣x,y⟩⟨x,y+1∣)⊗σz+MI⊗σz where we have chosen units where the lattice constant is a=1. This is yet another example of a two-dimensional Chern insulator, as you are about to understand. 3.1. Show that the above Hamiltonian can be written in momentum space as H(k)=μ=1∑2sin(kμ)σμ+(M−μ=1∑2cos(kμ))σz