Topological materials' electron transport models breakdown, challenging Fermi liquid theory/ redefining fault-tolerant quantum computing

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1140205

"novel electron correlation behavior in 3D topological insulator zirconium pentatelluride's anomalous quantum oscillations under pulsed magnetic fields up to 60T/ near 0.7°K stemming from back-bending  Landau levels, where strong interactions between electron spins/ applied magnetic field cause energy curving/ crossing Fermi level in unexpected patterns... driven by intrinsic single-particle topological band dynamics under 3D Dirac Hamiltonian rather than collective many-body electron interactions"