Dynamic mass generation and topological order in overscreened Kondo lattices
| Autor: | Ge, Yang, Komijani, Yashar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Phys. Rev. Res. 6, 013247 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013247 |
| Popis: | Multichannel Kondo lattice models are examples of strongly correlated electronic systems that exhibit non-Fermi-liquid behavior due to the presence of a continuous channel symmetry. Mean-field analyses have predicted that these systems undergo channel symmetry breaking at low temperature. We use the dynamical large-$N$ technique to study temporal and spatial fluctuations of the multichannel Kondo model on a honeycomb lattice and find that this prediction is not generally true. Rather, we find a 2+1D conformally invariant fixed point, governed by critical exponents that are found numerically. When we break time-reversal symmetry by adding a Haldane mass to the conduction electrons, three phases, separated by continuous transitions, are discernible: one characterized by dynamic mass generation and spontaneous breaking of the channel symmetry, one where topological defects restore channel symmetry but preserve the gap, and one with a Kondo-coupled chiral spin liquid. We argue that the last phase is a fractional Chern insulator with anyonic excitations. Comment: 18 pages, 13 figures |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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