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Fractional Chern Insulator

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: The fractional quantum Hall states are known to occur in 2-dimensional electron gases. Can they exist in other material systems? Two physicists from France and the U.S. furnish the first unambiguous theoretical proof that they do in fractional Chern insulators.

Source: Physical Review X

DOI: 10.1103/physrevx.1.021014

Authors: N. Regnault, B. Andrei Bernevig

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Normale Supérieure - PSL, Princeton University

Language: English

Topic: Topological Materials and Phenomena

Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,200

Funder: National Science Foundation