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Fractional (Chern and topological) insulators
- Source :
- Phys. Scr. T164 (2015) 014005
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- We review various features of interacting Abelian topological phases of matter in two spatial dimensions, placing particular emphasis on fractional Chern insulators (FCIs) and fractional topological insulators (FTIs). We highlight aspects of these systems that challenge the intuition developed from quantum Hall physics - for instance, FCIs are stable in the limit where the interaction energy scale is much larger than the band gap, and FTIs can possess fractionalized excitations in the bulk despite the absence of gapless edge modes.<br />Comment: 15 pages, no figures, overview for proceedings of Nobel symposium on "New forms of matter: topological insulators and superconductors"
- Subjects :
- Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Phys. Scr. T164 (2015) 014005
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1410.5828
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/2015/T164/014005