Artificial flat band systems: from lattice models to experiments

D Leykam, A Andreanov, S Flach - Advances in Physics: X, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Certain lattice wave systems in translationally invariant settings have one or more spectral
bands that are strictly flat or independent of momentum in the tight binding approximation …

Interacting topological insulators: a review

S Rachel - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The discovery of the quantum spin Hall effect and topological insulators more than a decade
ago has revolutionized modern condensed matter physics. Today, the field of topological …

Magic-angle helical trilayer graphene

T Devakul, PJ Ledwith, LQ **a, A Uri… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
We propose magic-angle helical trilayer graphene (HTG), a helical structure featuring
identical rotation angles between three consecutive layers of graphene, as a unique and …

Tunable correlated Chern insulator and ferromagnetism in a moiré superlattice

G Chen, AL Sharpe, EJ Fox, YH Zhang, S Wang… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Studies of two-dimensional electron systems in a strong magnetic field revealed the
quantum Hall effect, a topological state of matter featuring a finite Chern number C and …

Topological Flat Bands in 2D Breathing‐Kagome Lattice Nb3TeCl7

H Zhang, Z Shi, Z Jiang, M Yang, J Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Flat bands (FBs) can appear in two‐dimensional (2D) geometrically frustrated systems
caused by quantum destructive interference (QDI). However, the scarcity of pure 2D …

Nearly flat Chern bands in moiré superlattices

YH Zhang, D Mao, Y Cao, P Jarillo-Herrero, T Senthil - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
Topology and electron interactions are two central themes in modern condensed matter
physics. Here, we propose graphene-based systems where both the band topology and …

Topological and stacked flat bands in bilayer graphene with a superlattice potential

SAA Ghorashi, A Dunbrack, A Abouelkomsan, J Sun… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We show that bilayer graphene in the presence of a 2D superlattice potential provides a
highly tunable setup that can realize a variety of flat band phenomena. We focus on two …

Characterization of the stochastic signal originating from compact binary populations as measured by LISA

N Karnesis, S Babak, M Pieroni, N Cornish… - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, scheduled for launch in the early
2030s, is a gravitational wave observatory in space designed to detect sources emitting in …

Topological flat band models and fractional Chern insulators

EJ Bergholtz, Z Liu - International Journal of Modern Physics B, 2013 - World Scientific
Topological insulators and their intriguing edge states can be understood in a single-particle
picture and can as such be exhaustively classified. Interactions significantly complicate this …

Fractional quantum Hall physics in topological flat bands

SA Parameswaran, R Roy, SL Sondhi - Comptes Rendus Physique, 2013 - Elsevier
We present a pedagogical review of the physics of fractional Chern insulators with a
particular focus on the connection to the fractional quantum Hall effect. While the latter …