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Topological exact flat bands in two dimensional materials under periodic strain

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arxiv 2211.11618 v2 pith:SUWJPUT2 submitted 2022-11-21 cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.str-el

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We study flat bands and their topology in 2D materials with quadratic band crossing points (QBCPs) under periodic strain. In contrast to Dirac points in graphene, where strain acts as a vector potential, strain for QBCPs serves as a director potential with angular momentum $\ell=2$. We prove that when the strengths of the strain fields hit certain ``magic" values, exact flat bands with $C=\pm 1$ emerge at charge neutrality point in the chiral limit, in strong analogy to magic angle twisted bilayer graphene. These flat bands have ideal quantum geometry for the realization of fractional Chern insulators, and they are always fragile topological. The number of flat bands can be doubled for certain point group, and the interacting Hamiltonian is exactly solvable at integer fillings. We further demonstrate the stability of these flat bands against deviations from the chiral limit, and discuss possible realization in 2D materials.

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