Peizhi Mai

Aug 5, 2024 | link.aps.org | Peizhi Mai |Jinchao Zhao |Thomas Maier |Barry Bradlyn

We show here two models where changing topology does not necessarily close the bulk insulating charge gap as demanded in the standard noninteracting picture. From extensive determinantal and dynamical cluster quantum Monte Carlo simulations of the half-filled and quarter-filled Kane-Mele-Hubbard model, we show that, for sufficiently strong interactions at either half- or quarter-filling, a transition between topological and trivial insulators occurs without the closing of a charge gap.