Quantum Hall effect in a Weyl-Hubbard model: Interplay between topology and correlation

Abstract

The interplay between topology and electronic correlations offer a rich avenue for discovering emergent quantum phenomena in condensed matter systems. Here, in this work, starting from the Weyl-Hubbard model, we investigate the quantum Hall effect to explore the consequence of onsite Hubbard repulsion on nontrivial Weyl band topology in the presence of an external magnetic field. Within the Gutzwiller projected wavefunction method, we find the system to undergo multiple topological phase transitions by tuning on-site Coulomb interaction, including two distinct Weyl phases with different numbers of Weyl node pairs and a trivial narrow band insulator. Crucially, these two Weyl phases may be identified by the sign of their chiral Landau levels. The possible experimental signature of these topological phases and correlation effects is provided by the magnetic-field dependent quantum Hall conductivity within the Kubo response theory.