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Graphene in a Strong Magnetic Field: Massless Dirac Particles vs. Skyrmions

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-13 v2

Abstract

We discuss models for massless Dirac fermions being subject to a perpendicular magnetic field in spherical geometry. These models are analogues of Haldane`s spherical construction for massful charge carriers. The single particle states constructed here are easily implemented in existing numerical code for many-body problems in conventional quantum Hall systems. Moreover, the many-body states of fully filled sublevels in the subspace of lowest Landau level index are skyrmions with respect to the layer spin.

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@article{arxiv.0809.0217,
  title  = {Graphene in a Strong Magnetic Field: Massless Dirac Particles vs. Skyrmions},
  author = {John Schliemann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.0217},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages, no figures