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Anomalous orbital magnetism in Dirac-electron systems: Role of pseudo-spin paramagnetism

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-05-18 v1

Abstract

The orbital diamagnetic susceptibility is calculated in monolayer and bilayer graphenes with band gap as well as in three-dimensional Dirac systems. It is demonstrated that the pseudo-spin degree of freedom such as valleys produces paramagnetic susceptibility in an equal manner as the real spin dominating over the Landau diamagnetism. The pseudo-spin paramagnetism explains the origin of a singular diamagnetism which is present only in the band-gap region and disappears rapidly inside the conduction and valence bands.

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@article{arxiv.1003.0499,
  title  = {Anomalous orbital magnetism in Dirac-electron systems: Role of pseudo-spin paramagnetism},
  author = {Mikito Koshino and Tsuneya Ando},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.0499},
  year   = {2015}
}

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9 pages, 5 figures