• 文献标题:   Coulomb impurity problem in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PEREIRA VM, NILSSON J, CASTRO NETO AH
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Boston Univ
  • 被引频次:   177
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.166802
  • 出版年:   2007

▎ 摘  要

We address the problem of an unscreened Coulomb charge in graphene and calculate the local density of states and displaced charge as a function of energy and distance from the impurity. This is done nonperturbatively in two different ways: (1) solving the problem exactly by studying numerically the tight-binding model on the lattice and (2) using the continuum description in terms of the 2D Dirac equation. We show that the Dirac equation, when properly regularized, provides a qualitative and quantitative low energy description of the problem. The lattice solution shows extra features that cannot be described by the Dirac equation: namely, bound state formation and strong renormalization of the van Hove singularities.