• 文献标题:   Effective field theory for the quantum electrodynamics of a graphene wire
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   FACCIOLI P, LIPPARINI E
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Trent
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.80.045405
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

We study the low-energy quantum electrodynamics of electrons and holes in a thin graphene wire. We develop an effective field theory (EFT) based on an expansion in p/p(T), where p(T) is the typical momentum of electrons and holes in the transverse direction, while p are the momenta in the longitudinal direction. We show that, to the lowest order in (p/p(T)), our EFT theory is formally equivalent to the exactly solvable Schwinger model. By exploiting such an analogy, we find that the ground state of the quantum wire contains a condensate of electron-hole pairs. The excitation spectrum is saturated by electron-hole collective bound states, and we calculate the dispersion law of such modes. We also compute the dc conductivity per unit length at zero chemical potential and find g(s)e(2)/h, where g(s)=4 is the degeneracy factor.