Instability of QBC systems to Topological Anderson Insulating phases
arXiv:2110.03667 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.109.184206
Abstract
Here we study the instabilities of a quadratic band crossing system to Chern insulating states and uncorrelated disorder. We determined the phase diagram in the plane of topological mass versus disorder strength, characterizing the system with respect to spectral, localization and topological properties. In the clean limit, the system has two gapped Chern insulating phases with Chern numbers C=\pm2, and a trivial phase with C=0. For finite disorder, the quadratic band crossing points are unstable to emergent gapless Chern insulating phases with C=\pm1, not present in the clean limit. These phases occupy a considerable region of the phase diagram for intermediate disorder and show features of topological Anderson insulators: it is possible to reach them through disorder-driven transitions from trivial phases.
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