• 文献标题:   Magnetism as a mass term of the edge states in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SASAKI KI, SAITO R
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, edge state, magnetism, coulomb interaction, weyl equation, gauge field, mass term, parity anomaly
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
  • ISSN:   0031-9015
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tohoku Univ
  • 被引频次:   16
  • DOI:   10.1143/JPSJ.77.054703
  • 出版年:   2008

▎ 摘  要

The magnetism by the edge states in graphene is investigated theoretically. An instability of the pseudo-spin order of the edge states induces ferrimagnetic order in the presence of the Coulomb interaction. Although the next nearest-neighbor hopping can stabilize the pseudo-spin order, a strong Coulomb interaction makes the pseudo-spin unpolarized and real spin polarized. The magnetism of the edge states makes two peaks of the density of states in the conduction and valence energy bands near the Fermi point. Using a continuous model of the Weyl equation, we show that the edge-induced gauge field and the spin dependent mass terms are keys to make the magnetism of the edge states. A relationship between the magnetism of the edge states and the parity anomaly is discussed.