• 文献标题:   Hierarchy of spin and valley symmetry breaking in quantum Hall single-layer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YANG Z, HAN JH
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Sungkyunkwan Univ
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.81.115405
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

Several microscopic mechanisms for breaking the fourfold degeneracy of the central Landau level in a single-layer graphene is examined. We consider valley-scattering random potential, Zeeman interaction, and electron-phonon coupling as potential candidates to break the SU(4) symmetry of the Coulomb exchange interaction. A phase diagram is worked out, giving either the "spin-first" or "valley-first" splitting of the central Landau levels depending on the relative strengths of the electron-phonon coupling and the Zeeman interaction. Existence of a midgap band at the domain wall separating Landau levels of opposite valley polarity is demonstrated.