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We investigate the role of the Coulomb and the vector-isovector $\rho$ potentials in the asymmetry of the neutron and proton pseudospin splittings in nuclei. To this end, we solve the Dirac equation for the nucleons using central vector and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Lisboa , M. Malheiro , P. Alberto

The Aharonov-Bohm effect is the prime example of a zero-field-strength configuration where a non-trivial vector potential acquires physical significance, a typical quantum mechanical effect. We consider an extension of the traditional A-B…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-02-16 Fabio Franchini , Alfred Scharff Goldhaber

We theoretically analyze the energy spectrum of a quantum ring in AA-stacked bilayer graphene with radius $R$ for a zero width subjected to a perpendicular magnetic field $B$. An analytical approach, using the Dirac equation, is implemented…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-31 Youness Zahidi , Abdelhadi Belouad , Ahmed Jellal

We study the band structures of hybrid graphene quantum dots subject to a magnetic flux and electrostatic potential. The system is consisting of a circular single layer graphene surrounded by an infinite bilayer graphene. By solving the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-19 Bouchaib Lemaalem , Youness Zahidi , Ahmed Jellal

We show how the Aharonov-Bohm flux (AB) $\phi_i$ and the dual gaps $(\Delta_1, \Delta_2)$ can affect the electron scattering in graphene quantum dots (GQDs) of radius $r_0$ in the presence of an electrostatic potential $V$. After obtaining…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-23 Fatima Belokda , Ahmed Bouhlal , Ahmed Jellal

The Aharonov-Bohm-Coulomb potentials in two dimensions may describe the interaction between two particles carrying electric charge and magnetic flux, say, Chern--Simons solitons, or so called anyons. The scattering problem for such two-body…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Qiong-gui Lin

We present the solutions of the energy spectrum of charge carriers confined in quantum ring in ABA-stacked trilayer graphene subjected to a perpendicular magnetic field. The calculations were performed in the context of the continuum model…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-22 Abdelhadi Belouad , Youness Zahidi , Ahmed Jellal , Abdelhadi Bahaoui

Graphene bilayers with layer antisymmetric strains are studied using the Dirac-Harper model for a pair of single layer Dirac Hamiltonians coupled by a one-dimensional moir\'e-periodic interlayer tunneling amplitude. This model hosts low…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-13 Abigail Timmel , E. J. Mele

The Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect is an important discovery of quantum theory. It serves as a surprising quantum phenomenon in which an electrically charged particle can be affected by an electromagnetic potential, despite being confined to a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-10 Jing-Ling Chen , Xing-Yan Fan , Xiang-Ru Xie

The basic aspects of the Aharonov-Bohm effect can be summarized by the remark that wavefunctions become sections of a line bundle with a flat connection (that is, a "flat potential"). Passing at the level of quantum field theory in curved…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-02-19 Ezio Vasselli

It is well-known that the electric and magnetic Aharonov-Bohm effects may be formally described on equal footing using the four-vector potential in a relativistic framework. We propose an illustrative manifestation of both effects in a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Samuel Marcovitch , Yakir Aharonov , Tirza Kaufferr , Benni Reznik

Using extensive tight-binding calculations, we investigate (including the spin) the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect in monolayer and bilayer trigonal and hexagonal graphene rings with zigzag boundary conditions. Unlike the previous literature, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-04-19 Igor Romanovsky , Constantine Yannouleas , Uzi Landman

We develop a theory of Coulomb interaction-related contribution to the photogalvanic current of the carriers of charge in two-dimensional non-centrosymmetric Dirac materials possessing a nontrivial structure of valleys and exposed to an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-13 V. M. Kovalev , A. V. Parafilo , O. V. Kibis , I. G. Savenko

We study the intervalley scattering in defected graphene by low-temperature transport measurements. The scattering rate is strongly suppressed when defects are charged. This finding highlights "screening" of the short-range part of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-23 Baoming Yan , Qi Han , Zhenzhao Jia , Jingjing Niu , Tuocheng Cai , Dapeng Yu , Xiaosong Wu

Stokes' theorem is investigated in the context of the time-dependent Aharonov-Bohm effect -- the two-slit quantum interference experiment with a time varying solenoid between the slits. The time varying solenoid produces an electric field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-04-02 James Macdougall , Douglas Singleton

In this paper, we study the massive Dirac equation with the presence of the Morse potential in polar coordinate. The Dirac Hamiltonian is written as two second-order differential equations in terms of two spinor wavefunctions. Since the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-27 Z. Zali , Alireza Amani , J. Sadeghi , B. Pourhassan

The effect of an Aharonov-Bohm (AB) pseudo magnetic field on a two dimensional electron gas in graphene is investigated. We consider it modeled as in the usual AB effect but since such pseudo field is supposed to be induced by elastic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-01 Cleverson Filgueiras , Rosinildo Fidelis , Diego Cogollo , Edilberto O. Silva

The effect of vacuum polarization of charged massive fermions in an Aharonov-Bohm (AB) potential in 2+1 dimensions is investigated. The causal Green's function of the Dirac equation with the AB potential is represented via the regular and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-10 V. R. Khalilov

We study the electronic states of graphene in piecewise constant potentials using the continuum Dirac equation appropriate at low energies, and a transfer matrix method. For superlattice potentials, we identify patterns of induced Dirac…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 D. P. Arovas , L. Brey , H. A. Fertig , Eun-Ah Kim , K. Ziegler

We consider the effect of periodic scalar and vector potentials generated by periodic deformations of the graphene crystal lattice, on the energy spectrum of electrons. The dependence of electron velocity near the Dirac point on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 V. K. Dugaev , M. I. Katsnelson