Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2010-05-21
Phys. Rev. B 82, 075125 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
16 pages, 12 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.82.075125
We study the spinless and spinful extended Hubbard models with repulsive interactions on the kagome and the decorated honeycomb ("star") lattice. Using Hartree-Fock mean-field theory, we show that interaction-driven insulating phases with non-trivial topological invariants (Chern number or $Z_2$ invariant) exist for an experimentally reasonable range of parameters. These phases occur at filling fractions which involve either Dirac points or quadratic band crossing points in the non-interacting limit. We present comprehensive mean-field phase diagrams for these lattices and discuss the competition between topologically non-trivial phases and numerous other ordered states, including various charge, spin, and bond orderings. Our results suggest that $Z_2$ topological insulators should be found in a number of systems with either little or no intrinsic spin-orbit coupling.
Fiete Gregory A.
Joseph Wang C.-C.
Ruegg Andreas
Wen Jianming
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