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We study the Euclidean effective action and the full fermion propagator for a Dirac field in the presence of a scalar field with a domain wall defect, in 2+1 dimensions. We include quantum effects due to both fermion and scalar field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 C. D. Fosco

The effect of a varying pseudo-magnetic field, which falls as $1/x^2$, on a two dimensional electron gas in graphene is investigated. By considering the second order Dirac equation, we show that its correct general solution is that which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-01-29 L. G. da Silva Leite , D. Cogollo , C. Filgueiras , Edilberto O. Silva

We investigate the quantum Hall effect in graphene. We argue that in graphene in presence of an external magnetic field there is dynamical generation of mass by a rearrangement of the Dirac sea. We show that the mechanism breaks the lattice…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Paolo Cea

This short theoretical review deals with some essential ingredients for the understanding of the quantum Hall effect in graphene in comparison with the effect in conventional two-dimensional electron systems with a parabolic band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-02-03 M. O. Goerbig

Recently unusual integer quantum Hall effect was observed in graphene in which the Hall conductivity is quantized as $\sigma_{xy}=(\pm 2, \pm 6, \pm 10, >...) \times \frac{e^2}{h}$, where $e$ is the electron charge and $h$ is the Planck…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Yasumasa Hasegawa , Mahito Kohmoto

We report on the first observation of magnetic catalysis at zero temperature in a fully nonperturbative simulation of the graphene effective field theory. Using lattice gauge theory, a nonperturbative analysis of the theory of…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2016-12-28 Carleton DeTar , Christopher Winterowd , Savvas Zafeiropoulos

The electromagnetic response of graphene in a magnetic field is studied, with particular emphasis on the quantum features of its ground state (vacuum). The graphene vacuum, unlike in conventional quantum Hall systems, is a dielectric medium…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Shizuya

While the quantum Hall effect in graphene has been regarded as a realization of the anomaly associated with the massless Dirac particle carrying half the usual topological integer, this is hidden due to the doubling of the Dirac cones. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-01 Haruki Watanabe , Yasuhiro Hatsugai , Hideo Aoki

Motivated by the recent measurement of the activation energy at the quantum Hall state at the filling factor f=1 in graphene we discuss the scaling of the interaction-induced gaps in vicinity of the Dirac point with the magnetic field. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-05-20 Igor F. Herbut , Bitan Roy

The effective action of (2+1)-dimensional QED with finite fermion density is calculated in a uniform electromagnetic field. It is shown that the integer quantum Hall effect and de Haas-van Alphen like phenomena in condensed matter physics…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Dae Kwan Kim , Kwang-Sup Soh

We investigate the transport properties of high-quality single-layer graphene, epitaxially grown on a 6H-SiC(0001) substrate. We have measured transport properties, in particular charge carrier density, mobility, conductivity and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Johannes Jobst , Daniel Waldmann , Florian Speck , Roland Hirner , Duncan K. Maude , Thomas Seyller , Heiko B. Weber

We study the anomalous quantum Hall effect exhibited by the relativistic particles living on two-sphere S^2 and submitted to a magnetic monopole. We start by establishing a direct connection between the Dirac and Landau operators through…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Ahmed Jellal

We consider Dirac fermions moving in a plane with a static homogeneous magnetic field orthogonal to the plane. We calculate the effective action at finite temperature and density. The magnetization is derived and it is shown that the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-07-19 Jens O. Andersen , Tor Haugset

The analytical expressions for both diagonal and off-diagonal ac and dc conductivities of graphene placed in an external magnetic field are derived. These conductivities exhibit rather unusual behavior as functions of frequency, chemical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 V. P. Gusynin , S. G. Sharapov

We study the quantum Hall effect in the surface states of topological insulator in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field in the framework of edge states. Motion of Dirac fermions will form descrete Landau levels, among which a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-24 Shun-Qing Shen

This paper presents a study of the free energy and particle density of the relativistic Landau problem, and their relevance to the quantum Hall effect. We study first the zero temperature Casimir energy and fermion number for Dirac fields…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 C. G. Beneventano , E. M. Santangelo

The recent Quantum Hall experiments in graphene have confirmed the theoretically well-understood picture of the quantum Hall (QH) conductance in fermion systems with continuum Dirac spectrum. In this paper we take into account the lattice,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Andrei Bernevig , Taylor L. Hughes , Han-Dong Chen , Congjun Wu , Shou-Cheng Zhang

The energy spectrum of massless Dirac fermions in graphene under two dimensional periodic magnetic modulation having square lattice symmetry is calculated. We show that the translation symmetry of the problem is similar to that of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-24 Manisha Arora , Sankalpa Ghosh

We quantum mechanically analyze the fractional quantum Hall effect in graphene. This will be done by building the corresponding states in terms of a potential governing the interactions and discussing other issues. More precisely, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-04-28 Ahmed Jellal , Bellati Malika

The quantum Hall effect is widely used for the investigation of fundamental phenomena, ranging from topological phases to composite fermions. In particular, the discovery of a room temperature resistance quantum in graphene is significant…