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Integer quantum Hall effect of two-component hardcore bosons in a topological triangular lattice

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2022-06-30 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Gases

Abstract

We study the many-body ground states of two-component hardcore bosons in topological triangular lattice models. Utilizing exact diagonalization and density-matrix renormalization group calculations, we demonstrate that at commensurate two-thirds filling per lattice site, two-component bosonic integer quantum hall (BIQH) effect emerges with the associated K=(0110)\mathbf{K}=\begin{pmatrix} 0 & 1\\ 1 & 0\\ \end{pmatrix} matrix under strong intercomponent Hubbard repulsion. The topological nature is further elucidated by (i) a unique ground state degeneracy with a robust spectrum gap, (ii) a quantized topological Chern number matrix C=K1\mathbf{C}=\mathbf{K}^{-1}, and (iii) two counterpropagating edge branches. Moreover, with increasing nearest-neighbor repulsions, the ground state undergoes a first-order transition from a BIQH liquid to a commensurate solid order.

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@article{arxiv.2204.01514,
  title  = {Integer quantum Hall effect of two-component hardcore bosons in a topological triangular lattice},
  author = {Tian-Sheng Zeng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.01514},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

7 pages, 7 figures; revised version

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