Dynamical merging of Dirac points in the periodically driven Kitaev honeycomb model Utso Bhattacharya, Sayak Dasgupta and Amit Dutta Eur. Phys. J. B, 89 10 (2016) 216 Published online: 05 October 2016 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2016-70265-5