Two-component quantum Hall effects in topological flat bands
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 for fermions ( for bosons) in the lowest Chern band, classified by features from ground states including the unique Chern number matrix (inverse of -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 , where a possible topological Neel antiferromagnetic phase is under intense debate very recently. For the typical -flux checkerboard lattice, by tuning the onsite Hubbard repulsion, we establish a first-order phase transition directly from a two-component fermionic 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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Cite
@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