• 文献标题:   Topological low-energy modes in N=0 Landau levels of graphene: A possibility of a quantum-liquid ground state
  • 文献类型:   Article, Proceedings Paper
  • 作  者:   HATSUGAI Y, FUKUI T, AOKI H
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, n=0 landau level, dimerization
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICA ELOWDIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS NANOSTRUCTURES
  • ISSN:   1386-9477
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Tsukuba
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.physe.2007.09.164
  • 出版年:   2008

▎ 摘  要

We point out that the zero-energy Landau level of Dirac fermions in graphene can be, in the presence of a repulsive electron-electron interaction, split into two (levels) associated with a "bond ordering" formation having a "Kekule pattern", which respects the chiral symmetry. Since the Kekule pattern has a three-fold degeneracy, domain structures are implied, for which we show that in-gap states localized along the domain boundaries exist as topological states. Based on this a possibility of a quantum-liquid ground state of graphene in magnetic fields is discussed. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.