Intertwined order in fractional Chern insulators from finite-momentum pairing of composite fermions
ORAL
Abstract
We investigate the problem of intertwined orders in fractional Chern insulators by considering lattice fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states arising from pairing of composite fermions in the square-lattice Hofstadter model. At certain filling fractions, magnetic translation symmetry ensures the composite fermions form Fermi surfaces with multiple pockets, leading to the formation of finite-momentum Cooper pairs in the presence of attractive interactions. We obtain mean-field phase diagrams exhibiting a rich array of striped and topological phases, establishing paired lattice FQH states as an ideal platform to investigate the intertwining of topological and conventional broken symmetry order.
*R.S. acknowledges the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (funding reference number 6799-516762-2018). This work was also supported in part by the US National Science Foundation under Grant No. DMR-1725401 at the University of Illinois.
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Presenters
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Ramanjit Sohal
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign