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Multiple Chern bands in twisted MoTe$_2$ and possible non-Abelian states

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2026-01-07 v2 Materials Science

Abstract

We investigate the moir\'e band structures and possible even denominator fractional quantum Hall state in small angle twisted bilayer MoTe2_2, using combined large-scale local basis density functional theory calculation and continuum model exact diagonalization. Via large-scale first principles calculations at θ=1.89\theta=1.89^{\circ}, we find a sequence of C=1C=1(Chern number in K valley)moir\'e Chern bands, in analogy to Landau levels. By constructing the continuum model with multiple Chern bands, we undertake band-projected exact diagonalization using unscreened Coulomb repulsion to identify possible non-Abelian states near twist angle θ=1.89\theta=1.89^{\circ} at the half filling of second moir\'e band.

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@article{arxiv.2403.17003,
  title  = {Multiple Chern bands in twisted MoTe$_2$ and possible non-Abelian states},
  author = {Cheng Xu and Ning Mao and Tiansheng Zeng and Yang Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.17003},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

5+4 pages, 4+6 figures. added results about PES,n(k),and many-body Chern number