Majorana-Hubbard model on the honeycomb lattice

Abstract

Phase diagram of a Hubbard model for Majorana fermions on the honeycomb lattice is explored using a combination of field theory, renormalization group and mean-field arguments, as well as exact numerical diagonalization. Unlike the previously studied versions of the model we find that even weak interactions break symmetries and lead to interesting topological phases. We establish two topologically nontrivial phases at weak coupling, one gapped with chiral edge modes, and the other gapless with anti-chiral edge modes. At strong coupling a mapping onto a novel frustrated spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ model suggests a highly entangled spin liquid ground state.

arXiv comment9 pages, 8 figures

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