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We implement a self-consistent Hartree-Fock approximation based on a microscopic model in real space, which allows us to consider the interplay between the Hubbard and the extended Coulomb interaction in twisted bilayer graphene at the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-09-15 J. Gonzalez , T. Stauber

We analyze the phase diagram of twisted graphene bilayers near a magic angle. We consider the effect of the long range Coulomb interaction, treated within the self consistent Hartree-Fock approximation, and we study arbitrary band fillings.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-07-15 Tommaso Cea , Francisco Guinea

We develop a two stage renormalization group which connects the continuum Hamiltonian for twisted bilayer graphene at length scales shorter than the moire superlattice period to the Hamiltonian for the active narrow bands only which is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-12-21 Oskar Vafek , Jian Kang

The question of whether the Coulomb interaction is strong enough to break the sublattice symmetry of un-doped graphene is discussed. We formulate a strong coupling expansion where the ground state of the Coulomb Hamiltonian is found exactly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 Gordon W. Semenoff

We explore Bernal bilayer graphene in the presence of long-range Coulomb interactions, short-range Hund's coupling, and proximity-induced Ising spin-orbit coupling using self-consistent Hartree-Fock simulations. We show that the interplay…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-10 Jin Ming Koh , Alex Thomson , Jason Alicea , Étienne Lantagne-Hurtubise

Symmetry breaking is an effective tool for tuning the transport and topological properties of 2D layered materials. Among these materials, twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) has emerged as a promising platform for new physics, characterized by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-06 Cunyuan Jiang , Matteo Baggioli , Qing-Dong Jiang

Electron interactions in undoped bilayer graphene lead to instability of the gapless state, `which-layer' symmetry breaking, and energy gap opening at the Dirac point. In contrast to single layer graphene, the bilayer system exhibits…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-04-16 Rahul Nandkishore , Leonid Levitov

We investigate the development of a gapped phase in the field theory of Dirac fermions in graphene with long-range Coulomb interaction. In the large-N approximation, we show that the chiral symmetry is only broken below a critical number of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-03-21 J. Gonzalez

Recent experiments on twisted bilayer graphene show the urgent need for establishing a low-energy lattice model for the system. We use the constrained random phase approximation to study the interaction parameters of such models taking into…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-08-05 Tuomas I. Vanhala , Lode Pollet

Spatially separated electron systems remain strongly coupled by electron-electron interactions even when they cannot exchange particles, provided that the layer separation d is comparable to a characteristic distance l between charge…

Inter-Landau-level transitions in the bilayer graphene at high perpendicular magnetic field at the filling-factor v<<1 have been studied. The next-nearest-neighbor transitions, energy difference between dimer and non-dimer sites and layer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 V. E. Bisti , N. N. Kirova

We identify states favored by Coulomb interactions projected onto the Wannier basis of the four narrow bands of the "magic angle" twisted bilayer graphene. At the filling of two electrons/holes per moire unit cell, such interactions favor…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-06-20 Jian Kang , Oskar Vafek

Twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) near the magic twist angle of $\sim1.1^{o}$ exhibits a rich phase diagram. However, the interplay between different phases and their dependence on twist angle is still elusive. Here, we explore the stability…

We revisit the localized Wannier state description of the twisted bilayer graphene, focusing on the chiral limit. We provide a simple method for constructing such 2D exponentially localized -- yet valley polarized -- Wannier states,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-09-02 Oskar Vafek , Jian Kang

The ability to control the strength of interaction is essential for studying quantum phenomena emerging from a system of correlated fermions. For example, the isotope effect illustrates the effect of electron-phonon coupling on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-31 Xiaoxue Liu , Zhi Wang , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , Oskar Vafek , J. I. A. Li

We extend previous analyses of fermions on a honeycomb bilayer lattice via weak-coupling renormalization group (RG) methods with extremely short-range and extremely long-range interactions to the case of finite-range interactions. In…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-10-04 Robert E. Throckmorton , Oskar Vafek

The non-interacting energy spectrum of graphene and its bilayer counterpart consists of multiple degeneracies owing to the inherent spin, valley and layer symmetries. Interactions among charge carriers are expected to spontaneously break…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 R. Thomas Weitz , Monica T. Allen , Benjamin E. Feldman , Jens Martin , Amir Yacoby

The band-inverted electron-hole bilayers, such as InAs/GaSb, are an interesting playground for the interplay of quantum spin Hall effect and correlation effects because of the small density of electrons and holes and the relatively small…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-21 Tania Paul , V. Fernández Becerra , Timo Hyart

Moir\'e superlattice in twisted bilayer graphene has been proven to be a versatile platform for exploring exotic quantum phases. Extensive investigations have been invoked focusing on the zero-magnetic-field phase diagram at the magic twist…

In this paper we consider the possibility of chiral (charge or spin density wave) symmetry breaking in graphene due to long-range Coulomb interaction by comparing the results of the Bethe-Salpeter and functional renormalization-group…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-01-27 A. A. Katanin
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