We consider a configuration of three stacked graphene monolayers with commensurate twist angles θ12/θ23=p/q, where p and q are coprime integers with 0<p<∣q∣ and q can be positive or negative. We study this system using the continuum model in the chiral limit when interlayer coupling terms between AA12 and AA23 sites of the moir\'{e} patterns 12 and 23 are neglected. There are only three inequivalent displacements between the moir\'{e} patterns 12 and 23, at which the three monolayers' Dirac zero modes are protected. Remarkably, for these displacements and an arbitrary p/q we discover exactly flat bands at an infinite set of twist angles (magic angles). We provide theoretical explanation and classification of all possible configurations and topologies of the flat bands.
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@article{arxiv.2305.16385,
title = {Magic Angle Butterfly in Twisted Trilayer Graphene},
author = {Fedor K. Popov and Grigory Tarnopolsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.16385},
year = {2023}
}