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Orbital diamagnetism in multilayer graphenes: Systematic study with the effective mass approximation

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

We present a theoretical study on the orbital magnetism in multilayer graphenes within the effective mass approximation. The Hamiltonian and thus susceptibility can be decomposed into contributions from sub-systems equivalent to monolayer or bilayer graphene. The monolayer-type subband exists only in odd layers and exhibits a delta-function susceptibility at EF=0E_F=0. The bilayer-type subband appearing in every layer number gives a singular structure in the vicinity of EF=0E_F=0 due to the trigonal warping as well as a logarithmic tail away from EF=0E_F=0. The integral of the susceptibility over energy is approximately given only by the layer number.

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@article{arxiv.0712.2783,
  title  = {Orbital diamagnetism in multilayer graphenes: Systematic study with the effective mass approximation},
  author = {Mikito Koshino and Tsuneya Ando},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.2783},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages, 5 figures

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