• 文献标题:   Broken translational symmetry in an emergent paramagnetic phase of graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHERN GW, FERNANDES RM, NANDKISHORE R, CHUBUKOV AV
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Wisconsin
  • 被引频次:   15
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.86.115443
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

We show that the spin-density wave state on the partially filled honeycomb and triangular lattices is preempted by a paramagnetic phase that breaks an emergent Z(4) symmetry of the system associated with the four inequivalent arrangements of spins in the quadrupled unit cell. Unlike other emergent paramagnetic phases in itinerant and localized-spin systems, this state preserves the C-6 rotational symmetry of the lattice, but breaks its translational symmetry, giving rise to a superlattice structure that can be detected by scanning tunneling microscopy. This emergent phase also has distinctive signatures in the magnetic spectrum that can be probed experimentally.