• 文献标题:   Explanation for the isotropy of the Dirac cone in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HERBUT IF
  • 作者关键词:   brillouin zone, graphene, honeycomb structure, quasiparticle
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Simon Fraser Univ
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.79.193405
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

It is shown that in the absence of spontaneous symmetry breaking the Dirac cones in the system of interacting electrons on honeycomb lattice are isotropic at low energies. The effect is due to the Z(3) subgroup of the D(3) symmetry group of the dispersion relation of Dirac quasiparticles. Consequences of the violations of the Z(3) or the sublattice symmetry are discussed.