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Symmetry broken states at high displacement fields in ABA trilayer graphene

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2025-03-28 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

In this Letter, we present a comprehensive study of magnetotransport in high-mobility trilayer graphene (TLG) devices under a transverse displacement field, focusing on symmetry-broken Landau levels (LLs) from monolayer-like and bilayer-like bands. A striking displacement-field-induced enhancement of the Land\'e g-factor is observed in the zeroth Landau level of the monolayer-like band, highlighting the role of strong electron-electron interactions. Additionally, we find a rich landscape of LL crossings in the Dirac gully region, accompanied by phase transitions between spin-, gully-, and valley-polarized LLs. These experimental observations are successfully modeled using calculations based on optimized tight-binding parameters. Furthermore, our results reveal significant particle-hole asymmetry in the sequence of LLs in the Dirac gullies, attributed to differing g-factor values for electrons and holes. This asymmetry underscores the limitations of non-interacting models in capturing the complexities of strongly correlated multiband systems. This work provides new insights into the interplay of symmetry-breaking mechanisms and strong correlations in Bernal-stacked trilayer graphene, advancing our understanding of quantum transport phenomena in multiband systems.

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@article{arxiv.2503.21314,
  title  = {Symmetry broken states at high displacement fields in ABA trilayer graphene},
  author = {Simrandeep Kaur and Unmesh Ghorai and Abhisek Samanta and Kenji Watanabe and Takashi Taniguchi and Rajdeep Sensarma and Aveek Bid},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.21314},
  year   = {2025}
}

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