• 文献标题:   Chiral symmetry breaking and the quantum Hall effect in monolayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ROY B, KENNETT MP, DAS SARMA S
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Maryland
  • 被引频次:   36
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.90.201409
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Monolayer graphene in a strong magnetic field exhibits quantum Hall states at filling fractions nu = 0 and nu = +/- 1 that are not explained within a picture of noninteracting electrons. We propose that these states arise from interaction-induced chiral symmetry-breaking orders. We argue that when the chemical potential is at the Dirac point, weak on-site repulsion supports an easy-plane antiferromagnet state, which simultaneously gives rise to ferromagnetism oriented parallel to the magnetic field direction, whereas for |nu| = 1 easy-axis antiferromagnet and charge-density-wave orders coexist. We perform self-consistent calculations of the magnetic field dependence of the activation gap for the nu = 0 and |nu| = 1 states and obtain excellent agreement with recent experimental results. Implications of our study for fractional Hall states in monolayer graphene are highlighted.