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Main Authors: Jürgensen, Marius, Steiner, Jacob, Refael, Gil, Rechtsman, Mikael C.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.09338
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author Jürgensen, Marius
Steiner, Jacob
Refael, Gil
Rechtsman, Mikael C.
author_facet Jürgensen, Marius
Steiner, Jacob
Refael, Gil
Rechtsman, Mikael C.
contents Quantization of particle transport lies at the heart of topological physics. In Thouless pumps - dimensionally reduced versions of the integer quantum Hall effect - quantization is dictated by the integer winding of single-band Wannier states. Here, we show that repulsive interactions can drive a transition from an integer- to a fractional-quantized Thouless pump (at fixed integer filling) by stabilizing a crystal of multi-band Wannier states, each with fractional winding. We numerically illustrate the concept in few-particle systems, and show that a dynamical Hartree-Fock ansatz can quantitatively reproduce the pumping phase diagram.
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spellingShingle Multi-band fractional Thouless pumps
Jürgensen, Marius
Steiner, Jacob
Refael, Gil
Rechtsman, Mikael C.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Other Condensed Matter
Quantization of particle transport lies at the heart of topological physics. In Thouless pumps - dimensionally reduced versions of the integer quantum Hall effect - quantization is dictated by the integer winding of single-band Wannier states. Here, we show that repulsive interactions can drive a transition from an integer- to a fractional-quantized Thouless pump (at fixed integer filling) by stabilizing a crystal of multi-band Wannier states, each with fractional winding. We numerically illustrate the concept in few-particle systems, and show that a dynamical Hartree-Fock ansatz can quantitatively reproduce the pumping phase diagram.
title Multi-band fractional Thouless pumps
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Other Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.09338