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Tunable interactions and phase transitions in Dirac materials in a magnetic field

Z. Papić, D. A. Abanin, Y. Barlas, and R. N. Bhatt
Phys. Rev. B 84, 241306(R) – Published 19 December 2011

Abstract

A partially filled Landau level (LL) hosts a variety of correlated states of matter with unique properties. The ability to control these phases requires tuning the effective electron interactions within a LL, which has been difficult to achieve in GaAs-based structures. Here we consider a class of Dirac materials in which the chiral band structure, along with the mass term, gives rise to a wide tunability of the effective interactions by the magnetic field. This tunability is such that different phases can occur in a single LL, and phase transitions between them can be driven in situ. The incompressible, Abelian and non-Abelian, liquids are stabilized in interaction regimes different from GaAs. Our study points to a realistic method of controlling the correlated phases and studying the phase transitions between them in materials such as graphene, bilayer graphene, and topological insulators.

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  • Received 28 November 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.241306

©2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Z. Papić1, D. A. Abanin2,3, Y. Barlas4, and R. N. Bhatt1,2

  • 1Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
  • 2Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
  • 3Department of Physics, Harvard Univeristy, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
  • 4National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Department of Physics, Florida State University, Florida 32306, USA

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Vol. 84, Iss. 24 — 15 December 2011

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