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Interaction effects in graphene in a weak magnetic field

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2022-02-15 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

A weak perpendicular magnetic field, BB, breaks the chiral symmetry of each valley in the electron spectrum of graphene, preserving the overall chiral symmetry in the Brillouin zone. We explore the consequences of this symmetry breaking for the interaction effects in graphene. In particular, we demonstrate that the electron-electron interaction lifetime acquires an anomalous BB-dependence. Also, the ballistic zero-bias anomaly, δν(ω)\delta \nu(\omega), where ω\omega is the energy measured from the Fermi level, emerges at a weak BB and has the form δν(B)B2/ω2\delta\nu(B)\sim B^2/\omega^2. Temperature dependence of the magnetic-field corrections to the thermodynamic characteristics of graphene is also anomalous. We discuss experimental manifestations of the effects predicted. The microscopic origin of the BB-field sensitivity is an extra phase acquired by the electron wave-function resulting from the chirality-induced pseudospin precession.

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@article{arxiv.2106.07790,
  title  = {Interaction effects in graphene in a weak magnetic field},
  author = {Ke Wang and M. E. Raikh and T. A. Sedrakyan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.07790},
  year   = {2022}
}

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13 pages, 5 figures

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