STM directly images interaction-driven symmetry breaking in Chern insulators at fractional Hofstadter band fillings, revealing unit-cell multiples, complex wavefunctions, quantum melting via topological defects, and phase competition.
Visualizing Symmetry Broken Chern Insulators and their Quantum Melting
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Visualizing Symmetry Broken Chern Insulators and their Quantum Melting
STM directly images interaction-driven symmetry breaking in Chern insulators at fractional Hofstadter band fillings, revealing unit-cell multiples, complex wavefunctions, quantum melting via topological defects, and phase competition.