Tuning between a fractional topological insulator and competing phases at $\nu_\mathrm{T}=2/3$
Abstract
We study a spinful, time-reversal symmetric lowest Landau level model for a flatband quantum spin Hall system at total filling fraction . Such models are relevant, e.g. for spin-valley locked moir\'e transition metal dichalcogenides. The opposite Chern number of the two spins hinders the formation of a quantum Hall ferromagnet, instead favouring other phases. We study the phase diagram in dependence on different short-range Haldane pseudopotentials and uncover several phases: A fractional topological insulator, a phase separated state, a spin-polarized fractional quantum Hall state, and the partially particle-hole transformed Halperin (111) state. The effect of the pseudopotentials depends on the parity of , the relative angular momentum.
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@article{arxiv.2506.20720,
title = {Tuning between a fractional topological insulator and competing phases at $\nu_\mathrm{T}=2/3$},
author = {Roger Brunner and Titus Neupert and Glenn Wagner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.20720},
year = {2026}
}
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8+16 pages, 5+21 figures