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Chern insulator with large Chern numbers. Chiral Majorana fermion liquid

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2017-12-27 v2

Abstract

In the framework of Hofstadter`s approach we provide a detailed analysis of a realization of exotic topological states such as the Chern insulator with large Chern numbers. In a transverse homogeneous magnetic field a one-particle spectrum of fermions transforms to an intricate spectrum with a fine topological structure of the subbands. In a weak magnetic field HH for a rational magnetic flux, a topological phase with a large Chern number is realized near the half filling. There is an abnormal behavior of the Hall conductance σxye2H{\sigma_{xy}\simeq \frac{e}{2 H}}. At half-filling, the number of chiral Majorana fermion edge states increases sharply forming a new state, called the chiral Majorana fermion liquid.

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@article{arxiv.1604.05039,
  title  = {Chern insulator with large Chern numbers. Chiral Majorana fermion liquid},
  author = {Igor N. Karnaukhov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.05039},
  year   = {2017}
}

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5 pages, 5 figures