Fractional quantum Hall physics in topological flat bands

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 14, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 816-839

  Parameswaran, Siddharth A ^a   Roy, Rahul ^b   Sondhi, Shivaji L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chern insulators; Flat bands; Fractional quantum Hall effect; Topological order

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889575266     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2013.04.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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