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Angle-resolved photoemission spectra of graphene from first-principles calculations

Materials Science 2010-01-19 v1

Abstract

Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) is a powerful experimental technique for directly probing electron dynamics in solids. The energy vs. momentum dispersion relations and the associated spectral broadenings measured by ARPES provide a wealth of information on quantum many-body interaction effects. In particular, ARPES allows studies of the Coulomb interaction among electrons (electron-electron interactions) and the interaction between electrons and lattice vibrations (electron-phonon interactions). Here, we report ab initio simulations of the ARPES spectra of graphene including both electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions on the same footing. Our calculations reproduce some of the key experimental observations related to many-body effects, including the indication of a mismatch between the upper and lower halves of the Dirac cone.

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@article{arxiv.1001.2803,
  title  = {Angle-resolved photoemission spectra of graphene from first-principles calculations},
  author = {Cheol-Hwan Park and Feliciano Giustino and Catalin D. Spataru and Marvin L. Cohen and Steven G. Louie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.2803},
  year   = {2010}
}