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Static structure factor for graphene in a magnetic field

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

A close study is made of the static structure factor for graphene in a magnetic field at integer filling factors nu, with focus on revealing possible signatures of "relativistic" quantum field theory in the low-energy physics of graphene. It is pointed out, in particular, that for graphene even the vacuum state has a nonzero density spectral weight, which, together with the structure factor for all nu, grows significantly with increasing wave vector; such unusual features of density correlations are a "relativistic" effect deriving from massless Dirac quasiparticles in graphene. Remarkably it turns out that the zero-energy Landau levels of electrons or holes, characteristic to graphene, remain indistinguishable in density response from the vacuum state, although they are distinct in Hall conductance.

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@article{arxiv.0711.4233,
  title  = {Static structure factor for graphene in a magnetic field},
  author = {K. Shizuya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.4233},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, 3 figures, revtex

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