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Title: Particle-Hole Asymmetric Ferromagnetism and Spin Textures in the Triangular Hubbard-Hofstadter Model

Journal Article · · Physical Review. X
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4];  [4]; ORCiD logo [5];  [6]; ORCiD logo [4];  [5]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [3]
  1. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Stanford University; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  2. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Northeastern University
  3. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Stanford University
  4. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  5. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  6. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Notre Dame; University of Notre Dame

In a lattice model subject to a perpendicular magnetic field, when the lattice constant is comparable to the magnetic length, one enters the “Hofstadter regime,” where continuum Landau levels become fractal magnetic Bloch bands. Strong mixing between bands alters the nature of the resulting quantum phases compared to the continuum limit; lattice potential, magnetic field, and Coulomb interaction must be treated on equal footing. Using determinant quantum Monte Carlo and density matrix renormalization group techniques, we study this regime numerically in the context of the Hubbard-Hofstadter model on a triangular lattice. In the field-filling phase diagram, we find a broad wedge-shaped region of ferromagnetic ground states for filling factor ν≤1, bounded below by filling factor ν=1 and bounded above by half filling the lowest Hofstadter subband. We observe signatures of SU(2) quantum Hall ferromagnetism at filling factors ν=1 and ν=3. The phases near ν=1 are particle-hole asymmetric, and we observe a rapid decrease in ground-state spin polarization consistent with the formation of skyrmions only on the electron doped side. At large fields, above the ferromagnetic wedge, we observe a low-spin metallic region with spin correlations peaked at small momenta. We argue that the phenomenology of this region likely results from exchange interaction mixing fractal Hofstadter subbands. The phase diagram derived beyond the continuum limit points to a rich landscape to explore interaction effects in magnetic Bloch bands. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
2440438
Journal Information:
Physical Review. X, Journal Name: Physical Review. X Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 14; ISSN 2160-3308
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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