Fractional Quantum Hall Effect in Topological Flat Bands with Chern Number Two
Abstract
Recent theoretical works have demonstrated various robust Abelian and non-Abelian fractional topological phases in lattice models with topological flat bands carrying Chern number C=1. Here we study hard-core bosons and interacting fermions in a three-band triangular-lattice model with the lowest topological flat band of Chern number C=2. We find convincing numerical evidence of bosonic fractional quantum Hall effect at the filling characterized by three-fold quasi-degeneracy of ground states on a torus, a fractional Chern number for each ground state, a robust spectrum gap, and a gap in quasihole excitation spectrum. We also observe numerical evidence of a robust fermionic fractional quantum Hall effect for spinless fermions at the filling with short-range interactions.
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@article{arxiv.1204.1697,
title = {Fractional Quantum Hall Effect in Topological Flat Bands with Chern Number Two},
author = {Yi-Fei Wang and Hong Yao and Chang-De Gong and D. N. Sheng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.1697},
year = {2012}
}
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5 pages, 7 figures, with Supplementary Material