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Two-component quantum Hall effects in topological flat bands

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2017-03-29 v2 Quantum Gases

Abstract

We study quantum Hall states for two-component particles (hardcore bosons and fermions) loading in topological lattice models. By tuning the interplay of interspecies and intraspecies interactions, we demonstrate that two-component fractional quantum Hall states emerge at certain fractional filling factors ν=1/2\nu=1/2 for fermions (ν=2/3\nu=2/3 for bosons) in the lowest Chern band, classified by features from ground states including the unique Chern number matrix (inverse of K\mathbf{K}-matrix), the fractional charge and spin pumpings, and two parallel propagating edge modes. Moreover, we also apply our strategy to two-component fermions at integer filling factor ν=2\nu=2, where a possible topological Neel antiferromagnetic phase is under intense debate very recently. For the typical π\pi-flux checkerboard lattice, by tuning the onsite Hubbard repulsion, we establish a first-order phase transition directly from a two-component fermionic ν=2\nu=2 quantum Hall state at weak interaction to a topologically trivial antiferromagnetic insulator at strong interaction, and therefore exclude the possibility of an intermediate topological phase for our system.

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@article{arxiv.1701.02441,
  title  = {Two-component quantum Hall effects in topological flat bands},
  author = {Tian-Sheng Zeng and W. Zhu and D. N. Sheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.02441},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

8 pages, 8 figures; updated acknowledgements and added references; LA-UR-17-20075

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