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Strange metal behavior of the Hall angle in twisted bilayer graphene

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2021-06-23 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) with interlayer twist angles near the magic angle 1.08\approx 1.08^{\circ} hosts flat bands and exhibits correlated states including Mott-like insulators, superconductivity and magnetism. Here we report combined temperature-dependent transport measurements of the longitudinal and Hall resistivities in close to magic-angle TBG. While the observed longitudinal resistivity follows linear temperature TT dependence consistent with previous reports, the Hall resistance shows an anomalous TT dependence with the cotangent of the Hall angle cot ΘHT2\Theta{_H} \propto T^2. Boltzmann theory for quasiparticle transport predicts that both the resistivity and cot ΘH\Theta{_H} should have the same TT dependence, contradicting the observed behavior. This failure of quasiparticle-based theories is reminiscent of other correlated strange metals such as cuprates.

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@article{arxiv.2008.06907,
  title  = {Strange metal behavior of the Hall angle in twisted bilayer graphene},
  author = {Rui Lyu and Zachary Tuchfeld and Nishchhal Verma and Haidong Tian and Kenji Watanabe and Takashi Taniguchi and Chun Ning Lau and Mohit Randeria and Marc Bockrath},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.06907},
  year   = {2021}
}