Holon metal, charge-density-wave and chiral superconductor from doping fractional Chern insulator and SU(3)$_1$ chiral spin liquid (2506.00110v1)

Abstract: Recent experiment observed a superconductor proximate to the $\nu_h=-\frac{2}{3}=-1+\frac{1}{3}$ fractional quantum anomalous Hall (FQAH) insulator in twisted MoTe$_2$. One critical question is whether the normal state is a Fermi liquid with large Fermi surface, or a strongly correlated metallic state with small carrier density. In this work we develop a theory of possible phases from doping the $\nu=-\frac{2}{3}$ fractional Chern insulator (FCI). We also point out that the problem is dual to doping a SU(3)$_1$ chiral spin liquid(CSL) if we assume that the spin gap is finite. For both problems, a natural phase upon doping is a holon metal with three small Fermi pockets. The pocket is formed by a spinless charge $-e$ holon in the doped CSL case and a charge $-e/3$ fractionalized hole in the doped FCI case. The holon metal is likely unstable to pairing due to gauge field fluctuations, leading to a charge density wave (CDW) metal, but may be stabilized by magnetic field and shows an unusual quantum oscillation period. Two different chiral superconductors are possible, emerging from the CDW metal phase or directly from the holon metal. We note that a superconductor directly from anyon gas seems unlikely if the cheapest anyon is the elementary one with $e/3$ charge.