First order Quantum Hall to Wigner crystal phase transition on a triangular lattice: an iDMRG study

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Main Authors: Fedorovich, Gleb, Kuhlenkamp, Clemens, Imamoglu, Atac, Amelio, Ivan
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Published: 2024
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author Fedorovich, Gleb
Kuhlenkamp, Clemens
Imamoglu, Atac
Amelio, Ivan
author_facet Fedorovich, Gleb
Kuhlenkamp, Clemens
Imamoglu, Atac
Amelio, Ivan
contents In this work we study a system of interacting fermions on a triangular lattice in the presence of an external magnetic field. We neglect spin and fix a density of one third, with one unit of magnetic flux per particle. The infinite density matrix renormalization group algorithm is used to compute the ground state of this generalized Fermi-Hubbard model. Increasing the strength of the nearest-neighbor repulsion, we find a first order transition between an Integer Quantum Hall phase and a crystalline, generalized Wigner crystal state. The first-order nature of the phase transition is consistent with a Ginzburg-Landau argument. We expect our results to be relevant for moiré heterostructures of two-dimensional materials.
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spellingShingle First order Quantum Hall to Wigner crystal phase transition on a triangular lattice: an iDMRG study
Fedorovich, Gleb
Kuhlenkamp, Clemens
Imamoglu, Atac
Amelio, Ivan
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
In this work we study a system of interacting fermions on a triangular lattice in the presence of an external magnetic field. We neglect spin and fix a density of one third, with one unit of magnetic flux per particle. The infinite density matrix renormalization group algorithm is used to compute the ground state of this generalized Fermi-Hubbard model. Increasing the strength of the nearest-neighbor repulsion, we find a first order transition between an Integer Quantum Hall phase and a crystalline, generalized Wigner crystal state. The first-order nature of the phase transition is consistent with a Ginzburg-Landau argument. We expect our results to be relevant for moiré heterostructures of two-dimensional materials.
title First order Quantum Hall to Wigner crystal phase transition on a triangular lattice: an iDMRG study
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.03748