The effects of interaction on quantum spin Hall insulators

Details The effects of interaction on quantum spin Hall insulators The effects of interaction on quantum spin Hall insulators

2011-05-24

arxiv.org/abs/1105.4900v3

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

We study the $S_z$-conserving quantum spin Hall insulator in the presence of Hubbard $U$ from a field theory point view. The main findings are the following. (1) For arbitrarily small U the edges possess power-law correlated antiferromagnetic XY local moments. Gapless charge excitations arise from the Goldstone-Wilczek mechanism. (2) The decaying exponent of the XY correlation is $\ge 2$ hence normally space-time vortices should proliferate. (3) For thermodynamic samples, vortex proliferation is prohibited by the conservation of edge charge. (4) For a sample with finite width electron tunneling between opposite edges allows vortex proliferation hence is a strongly relevant perturbation (more relevant than in the non-interacting theory). (5) The phase transition between the antiferromagnetic and the topological insulating phases is triggered by the condensation of magnetic excitons.

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