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Theory of inplane magnetoresistance in two-dimensional massless Dirac fermion system

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2010-11-23 v2

Abstract

We present the theory of the inplane magnetoresistance in two-dimensional massless Dirac fermion systems including the Zeeman splitting and the electron-electron interaction effect on the Landau level broadening within a random phase approximation. With the decrease in temperature, we find a characteristic temperature dependence of the inplane magnetoresistance showing a minimum followed by an enhancement with a plateau. The theory is in good agreement with the experiment of the layered organic conductor \alpha-(BEDT-TTF)_2I_3 under pressure. In-plane magnetoresistsnce of graphene is also discussed based on this theory.

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@article{arxiv.1006.0567,
  title  = {Theory of inplane magnetoresistance in two-dimensional massless Dirac fermion system},
  author = {Takao Morinari and Takami Tohyama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.0567},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

5 pages, 3 figures; added discussions and typos corrected