• 文献标题:   Atomic collapse in graphene quantum dots in a magnetic field
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   EREN I, GUCLU AD
  • 作者关键词:   atomic collapse, magnetic field, nanostructure, electronic structure
  • 出版物名称:   SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS
  • ISSN:   0038-1098 EI 1879-2766
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.ssc.2022.114763 EA APR 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

We investigate finite size and external magnetic field effects on the atomic collapse due to a Coulomb impurity placed at the center of a hexagonal graphene quantum dot within tight binding and mean-field Hubbard approaches. For large quantum dots, the atomic collapse effect persists when the magnetic field is present, characterized by a series of Landau level crossings and anticrossings, in agreement with previous bulk graphene results. However, we show that a new regime arises if the size of the quantum dot is comparable to or smaller than the magnetic length: While the lowest bound states cross the Fermi level at a lower value of coupling constant beta < 0.5, a size independent critical coupling constant beta(c)* > 0.5 emerges in the local density of states spectrum, which increases with the applied magnetic field. These effects are found to be persistent in the presence of electron-electron interactions within mean-field Hubbard approximation.