Related papers: On zero energy states in graphene
The effect of a scale dependent newton coupling, which is a crucial ingredient of many quantum gravity theories, is investigated in this paper. For case of non-rotating black holes, and using the null energy condition, we show that Newtons…
We consider the problem of electron energy states related to strongly localized potential of a single impurity in graphene. Our model simulates the effect of impurity atom substituting the atom of carbon, on the energy spectrum of electrons…
We derive a bound on the total number of negative energy bound states in a potential in two spatial dimensions by using an adaptation of the Schwinger method to derive the Birman-Schwinger bound in three dimensions. Specifically, counting…
Adopting a purely two dimensional relativistic equation for graphene's carriers contradicts the Heisenberg uncertainty principle since it requires setting off-the-surface coordinate of a three-dimensional wavefunction to zero. Here we…
In bilayer graphene the exact energy levels of quantum dots can be derived from the four-component continuum Hamiltonian. Here, we study the quantum dot energy levels with approximate equations and compare them with the exact levels. The…
We investigate the action ground states of the defocusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with and without rotation. Our primary focus is on characterizing the relationship between the action ground states and the energy ground states.…
Spins of fields are investigated in terms of the zero-energy eigenstates of 2-dimensional Schr$\ddot {\rm o}$dinger equations with central potentials $V_a(\rho)=-a^2g_a\rho^{2(a-1)}$ ($a\not=0$, $g_a>0$ and $\rho=\sqrt{x^2+y^2}$). We see…
We consider nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations in dimension 3 or higher. We prove that symmetric finite energy solutions close to orbitally stable ground states converge asymptotically to a sum of a ground state and a dispersive wave…
In this paper, we investigate the influence of the geometry in the electronic states of a quantum ripple surface. We have considered an electron governed by the spinless stationary Schr\"{o}dinger equation constrained to move on the ripple…
We investigate the energy levels of charge carriers confined in a magnetic quantum dot in graphene with an inhomogeneous gap through an electrical potential. We solve the eigenvalue equation for two regions. We explicitly determine the…
We consider an alternative quantization of the electromagnetic field around the Chern-Simons state $\psi_{CS}$ which is a zero energy solution of quantum electrodynamics. The solution determines a stochastic process which is a random…
We study the energy levels of graphene magnetic circular quantum dot surrounded by an infinite graphene sheet in the presence of an electrostatic potential. We solve Dirac equation to derive the solutions of energy spectrum associated with…
Capacitance measurements provide a powerful means of probing the density of states. The technique has proved particularly successful in studying 2D electron systems, revealing a number of interesting many-body effects. Here, we use…
We present a theory of graphene quantum rings designed to produce degenerate shells of single particle states close to the Fermi level. We show that populating these shells with carriers using a gate leads to correlated ground states with…
Classical energy conditions are investigated in generic static and spherically symmetric spacetimes. In setups with nonconstant $g_{tt} g_{rr}$, the appearance of horizons can signal the violation of the null energy condition and the…
Magnetic confinement in graphene has been of recent and growing interest because its potential applications in nanotechnology. In particular, the observation of the so called magnetic edge states in graphene has opened the possibility to…
We construct an effective model for the QCD equation of state, taking into account chiral symmetry restoration as well as the deconfinement phase transition. The correct asymptotic degrees of freedom at the high and low temperature limits…
With the help of transfer matrix method, the conditions for the existence of the edge states in the semi-infinite armchair edged graphene is given. We discuss zero-energy and non-zero-energy edge states separately, and show the nonexistence…
The quantum Hall effect near the charge neutrality point in bilayer graphene is investigated in high magnetic fields of up to 35 T using electronic transport measurements. In the high field regime, the eight-fold degeneracy in the zero…
We show that the antisymmetric spinor tensor representation of spin-0 relativistic quantum mechanics provides a conserved current with positive definite timelike component, interpretable as probability density. The construction runs in…