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Edge capacitance of a 2D topological insulator

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2017-09-06 v1

Abstract

We study capacitance of the 2D topological insulator (TI) edge states. The total capacitance is combined as a serial circuite of 3 capacitors presenting geometrical CGC_G, quantum CQC_Q and correlation CcorrC_{corr} contributions to the electron energy. If the Coulomb interaction is weak, they obey an inequality CG<CQ<CcorrC_G<C_Q<C_{corr}. Quantities CGC_G and CQC_Q are found in the case of a round TI dot. The quantum capacitance at the finite temperature is determined taking into account the edge states quantization with and without the magnetic field. We have concluded that, in the accepted approximations, Ccorr=0C_{corr}=0.

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@article{arxiv.1703.04231,
  title  = {Edge capacitance of a 2D topological insulator},
  author = {L. S. Braginsky and M. V. Entin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.04231},
  year   = {2017}
}

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4 pages,1 Figure

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