Ideal Chern bands are Landau levels in curved space

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Autores principales: Estienne, B., Regnault, N., Crépel, V.
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Publicado: 2023
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author Estienne, B.
Regnault, N.
Crépel, V.
author_facet Estienne, B.
Regnault, N.
Crépel, V.
contents We prove that all the criteria proposed in the literature to identify a Chern band hosting exact fractional Chern insulating ground states, in fact, describe an equivalence with a lowest Landau level defined in curved space under a non-uniform magnetic field. In addition, we design an operational test for the most general instance of such lowest Landau level mapping, which only relies on the computationally inexpensive evaluation of Bloch wavefunctions' derivatives. Our work clarifies the common origin of various Chern-idealness criteria, proves that these criteria exhaust all possible lowest Landau levels, and hints at classes of Chern bands that may posses interesting phases beyond Landau level physics.
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spellingShingle Ideal Chern bands are Landau levels in curved space
Estienne, B.
Regnault, N.
Crépel, V.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We prove that all the criteria proposed in the literature to identify a Chern band hosting exact fractional Chern insulating ground states, in fact, describe an equivalence with a lowest Landau level defined in curved space under a non-uniform magnetic field. In addition, we design an operational test for the most general instance of such lowest Landau level mapping, which only relies on the computationally inexpensive evaluation of Bloch wavefunctions' derivatives. Our work clarifies the common origin of various Chern-idealness criteria, proves that these criteria exhaust all possible lowest Landau levels, and hints at classes of Chern bands that may posses interesting phases beyond Landau level physics.
title Ideal Chern bands are Landau levels in curved space
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.01251