Time-Reversal Phase Transition at the Edge of 3d Topological Band Insulator

Details Time-Reversal Phase Transition at the Edge of 3d Topological Band Insulator Time-Reversal Phase Transition at the Edge of 3d Topological Band Insulator

2009-08-17

arxiv.org/abs/0908.2147v5

Phys. Rev. B 81, 020411 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

5 pages, 2 figures

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We study the time reversal (T) symmetry breaking of 2d helical fermi liquid, with application to the edge states of 3d topological band insulators with only one two-component Dirac fermion at finite chemical potential, as well as other systems with spin-orbit coupling. The T-breaking Ising order parameter is not over-damped and the theory is different from the ordinary Hertz-Millis theory for order parameters at zero momentum. We argue that the T-breaking phase transition is an 3d Ising transition, and the quasiparticles are well-defined in the quantum critical regime.

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