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Title: Transition to the Haldane phase driven by electron-electron correlations

Journal Article · · Nature Communications

One of the most famous quantum systems with topological properties, the spin S = 1 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chain, is well-known to display exotic S = 1/2 edge states. However, this spin model has not been analyzed from the more general perspective of strongly correlated systems varying the electron electron interaction strength. Here, we report the investigation of the emergence of the Haldane edge in a system of interacting electrons – the two orbital Hubbard model—with increasing repulsion strength U and Hund interaction JH. We show that interactions not only form the magnetic moments but also form a topologically nontrivial fermionic many-body ground-state with zero-energy edge states. Specifically, upon increasing the strength of the Hubbard repulsion and Hund exchange, we identify a sharp transition point separating topologically trivial and nontrivial ground-states. Surprisingly, such a behaviour appears already at rather small values of the interaction, in a regime where the magnetic moments are barely developed.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR). Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
2333823
Journal Information:
Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 14; ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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