• 文献标题:   Power-law Kohn anomaly in undoped graphene induced by Coulomb interactions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DE JUAN F, FERTIG HA
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Indiana Univ
  • 被引频次:   10
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.85.085441
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Phonon dispersions generically display nonanalytic points, known as Kohn anomalies, due to electron-phonon interactions. We analyze this phenomenon for a zone-boundary phonon in undoped graphene. When electron-electron interactions with coupling constant beta are taken into account, one observes behavior demonstrating that the electrons are in a critical phase: the phonon dispersion and lifetime develop power-law behavior with beta-dependent exponents. The observation of this signature would allow experimental access to the critical properties of the electron state, and would provide a measure of its proximity to an excitonic insulating phase.