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We derive a general expression for the entropy per particle as a function of chemical potential, temperature and gap magnitude for the single layer transition metal dichalcogenides. The electronic excitations in these materials can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-01 V. O. Shubnyi , V. P. Gusynin , S. G. Sharapov , A. A. Varlamov

The flattening of single-particle band structures plays an important role in the quest for novel quantum states of matter due to the crucial role of interactions. Recent advances in theory and experiment made it possible to construct and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-04-04 Laura Classen , Joseph J. Betouras

Reconstructing a density of states or similar distribution from moments or continued fractions is an important problem in calculating the electronic and vibrational structure of defective or non-crystalline solids. For single bands a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-20 Roger Haydock , C. M. M. Nex

In lattice models with quadratic finite-range Hermitian Hamiltonians, the inherently non-Hermitian transfer matrix (TM) governs the band dispersion. The van Hove singularities (VHSs) are special points in the band dispersion where the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-20 Madhumita Saha , Bijay Kumar Agarwalla , Manas Kulkarni , Archak Purkayastha

We review the behavior of the entropy per particle in various two-dimensional electronic systems. The entropy per particle is an important characteristic of any many body system that tells how the entropy of the ensemble of electrons…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-05 Y. M. Galperin , D. Grassano , V. P. Gusynin , A. V. Kavokin , O. Pulci , S. G. Sharapov , V. O. Shubnyi , A. A. Varlamov

The emergence of flat bands in twisted bilayer graphene leads to an enhancement of interaction effects, and thus to insulating and superconducting phases at low temperatures, even though the exact mechanism is still widely debated. The…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-11-15 Tommaso Cea , Niels R. Walet , Francisco Guinea

We examine the effects of a van Hove singularity (vHs) in the density of states (DOS) of a two dimensional, $t-t'-U$ Hubbard model within the local approximation. Within our approximation the non-interacting Fermi surface is always retained…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Pinaki Majumdar , H. R. Krishnamurthy

Van-Hove (VH) singularities in the single-particle band spectrum are important for interaction-driven quantum phases. Whereas VH points are usually spin-degenerate, in newly proposed altermagnets VH singularities can become spin-dependent,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-16 Peng Rao , Johannes Knolle , Laura Classen

Densities of states for simple (sc) and base-centered (bcc) cubic lattices with account of nearest and next-nearest neighbour hopping integrals $t$ and $t'$ are investigated in detail. It is shown that at values of $\tau \equiv t'/t =…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-11-29 P. A. Igoshev , V. Yu. Irkhin

Van Hove singularities (VHSs) play a pivotal role in driving correlated electronic phenomena. Traditional classifications focus only on critical points where the band gradient vanishes in all directions. Here we establish a unified…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-13 Hua-Yu Li , Hengxin Tan , Hao-Yu Zhu , Hong-Kuan Yuan , Min-Quan Kuang

The repulsive term of Van der Waals equation of state has been deduced and improved in this work using a probabilistic description of the configurational entropy. The aim is to find out whether its physical basis is suitable for the study…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-08-16 Jorge Garces

We propose a characterization tool for studies of the band structure of new materials promising for the observation of topological phase transitions. We show that a specific resonant feature in the entropy per electron dependence on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-29 D. Grassano , O. Pulci , V. O. Shubnyi , S. G. Sharapov , V. P. Gusynin , A. V. Kavokin , A. A. Varlamov

Recent studies show that two low-energy Van Hove singularities (VHSs) seen as two pronounced peaks in the density of states (DOS) could be induced in twisted graphene bilayer. Here, we report angle dependent VHSs of slightly twisted…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Wei Yan , Mengxi Liu , Rui-Fen Dou , Lan Meng , Lei Feng , Zhao-Dong Chu , Yanfeng Zhang , Zhongfan Liu , Jia-Cai Nie , Lin He

We report on a capacitance study of dual gated bilayer graphene. The measured capacitance allows us to probe the electronic compressibility as a function of carrier density, temperature, and applied perpendicular electrical displacement D.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-17 A. F. Young , C. R. Dean , I. Meric , S. Sorgenfrei , H. Ren , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , J. Hone , K. L. Shepard , P. Kim

We analyze the effect of varying system conditions on the single-particle entanglement entropy for an arbitrary eigenstate of a complex system that can be described by a multiparametric Gaussian ensemble. Our theoretical analysis leads to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-14 Devanshu Shekhar , Pragya Shukla

Here we present a theoretical analysis (applicable to all twist angles of TBG) of band dispersion and density of states in TBG relating evolution of flat band and Van-Hove singularities with evolution of interlayer coupling in TBG. A simple…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-09 Veerpal , B. R. K. Nanda , Ajay

We review the leading momentum, frequency and temperature dependences of the single particle self-energy and the corresponding term in the entropy of a two dimensional Fermi liquid (FL) with a free particle spectrum. We calculate the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-30 Jungsoo Kim , D. Coffey

It is known that itinerant metamagnetic transitions can be driven by features in the electronic density of states. We study the signatures of these transitions in the entropy and specific heat for a variety of different cases, identifying…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-06-16 A. M. Berridge

Recent angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) experiments have indicated that the electronic dispersion in some of the cuprates possesses an extended saddle point near the Fermi level which gives rise to a density of states that diverges like…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 R. J. Radtke , M. R. Norman

We analyze the nature of the single particle states, away from the Dirac point, in the presence of long-range charge impurities in a tight-binding model for electrons on a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice which is of direct relevance for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-06-22 Sabyasachi Nag , Arti Garg , T. V. Ramakrishnan
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