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arxiv: 1602.03459 · v1 · pith:DUA6BOD2new · submitted 2016-02-10 · ❄️ cond-mat.str-el

Kondo-induced hybrid topological insulator in two-dimensional electron system with a quadratic band crossing point

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We investigate the Kondo effect in the two-dimensional electron system with a non-trivial quadratic energy band crossing point. We show that the Kondo effect can induce a new hybrid topological insulator phase which is a coexistence state of the quantum anomalous Hall effect and the TRSbroken quantum spin Hall effect. This hybrid topological insulator exhibits not only a quantized charge Hall current but also a net spin current, which are localized at the edge boundaries. This peculiar topological state arises due to the interplay of two marginally relevant operators, i.e., the Kondo-coupling between the electrons and the local magnetic moment and the electron-electron interaction in the two-dimensional system.

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