• 文献标题:   Thermal Transport Signatures of Broken-Symmetry Phases in Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PIENTKA F, WAISSMAN J, KIM P, HALPERIN BI
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Harvard Univ
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.027601
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

In the half filled zero-energy Landau level of bilayer graphene, competing phases with spontaneously broken symmetries and an intriguing quantum critical behavior have been predicted. Here we investigate signatures of these broken-symmetry phases in thermal transport measurements. To this end, we calculate the spectrum of spin and valley waves in the nu = 0 quantum Hall state of bilayer graphene. The presence of Goldstone modes enables heat transport even at low temperatures, which can serve as compelling evidence for spontaneous symmetry breaking. By varying external electric and magnetic fields, it is possible to determine the nature of the symmetry breaking. Temperature-dependent measurements may yield additional information about gapped modes.