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Partially filled Landau level at even denominators: A vortex metal with a Berry phase

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We develop a vortex metal theory for partial filled Landau Level at $\nu=\frac{1}{2n}$, whose ground state contains a composite Fermi surface(FS) formed by the vortex of electrons. In the projected… Click to show full abstract

We develop a vortex metal theory for partial filled Landau Level at $\nu=\frac{1}{2n}$, whose ground state contains a composite Fermi surface(FS) formed by the vortex of electrons. In the projected Landau Level limit, the composite Fermi surface contains $\frac{-\pi}{n}$ Berry phase. Such fractional Berry phase is a consequence of LL projection which produces the GMP guiding center algebra and embellishes an anomalous velocity to the equation of motion for the vortex metal. Further, we investigate a particle-hole symmetric bilayer system with $\nu_1=\frac{1}{2n}$ and $\nu_2=1-\frac{1}{2n}$ at each layer, and demonstrate that the $\frac{-\pi}{n}$ Berry phase on the composite Fermi surface leads to the suppression of $2k_f$ back-scattering between the PH partner bilayer, which could be a smoking gun to detect the fractional Berry phase. We also mention various instabilities and competing orders in such bilayer system including a $Z_{4n}$ topological order phase driven by quantum criticality.

Keywords: landau level; phase; vortex metal; berry phase

Journal Title: Physical Review B
Year Published: 2017

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