Effect of Electron Correlation on the Integer Quantum Hall Effect

Abstract

We numerically investigate the effect of electron correlation on the integer quantum Hall effect in a square lattice. Increasing the correlation strength via the effective onsite repulsion parameter $U$ degrades the quantization of $\hat{I}½=1$ transverse conductance due to the interplay of correlation and the external magnetic field, which together induce periodic modulations in renormalized hopping parameters and site energies. Overall, this work demonstrates that the strength of electron correlation can significantly impact conductivity in the integer quantum Hall regime.

9 pages, 4 figures