期刊
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
卷 85, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.081106
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- National Science Foundation [PHY05-51164]
- DFG [FOR1162]
We investigate electronic correlation effects on edge states of quantum spin Hall insulators within the Kane-Mele-Hubbard model by means of quantum Monte Carlo simulations. Given the U( 1) spin symmetry and time-reversal invariance, the low-energy theory is the helical Tomanaga-Luttinger model, with forward scattering only. For weak to intermediate interactions, this model correctly describes equal-time spin and charge correlations, including their doping dependence. As apparent from the Drude weight, bulk states become relevant in the presence of electron-electron interactions, rendering the forward-scattering model incomplete. Strong correlations give rise to slowly decaying transverse spin fluctuations, and inelastic spin-flip scattering strongly modifies the single-particle spectrum, leading to graphenelike edge state signatures. The helical Tomanaga-Luttinger model is completely valid only asymptotically in the weak-coupling limit.
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