General continuum model for twisted bilayer graphene and arbitrary smooth deformations

doi:10.21468/SciPostPhys.7.4.048

Title: General continuum model for twisted bilayer graphene and arbitrary smooth deformations

Abstract

We present a simple derivation of a continuum Hamiltonian for bilayer graphene with an arbitrary smooth lattice deformation – technically in a fashion parametrized by displacement fields with small gradients. We show that this subsumes the continuum model of Bistritzer and Macdonald for twisted bilayer graphene as well as many generalizations and extensions of it. The derivation is carried out entirely in real space.

Authors:

Balents, Leon ^[1]

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

Publication Date:: 2019-10-10

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1570016

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-08ER46524

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: SciPost Physics Proceedings

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: SciPost Physics Proceedings Journal Volume: 7 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2542-4653

Publisher:: Stichting SciPost

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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  title        = {General continuum model for twisted bilayer graphene and arbitrary smooth deformations},

  author       = {Balents, Leon},

  abstractNote = {We present a simple derivation of a continuum Hamiltonian for bilayer graphene with an arbitrary smooth lattice deformation – technically in a fashion parametrized by displacement fields with small gradients. We show that this subsumes the continuum model of Bistritzer and Macdonald for twisted bilayer graphene as well as many generalizations and extensions of it. The derivation is carried out entirely in real space.},

  doi          = {10.21468/SciPostPhys.7.4.048},

  journal      = {SciPost Physics Proceedings},

  number       = 4,

  volume       = 7,

  place        = {Netherlands},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {10}

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Giant oscillations in a triangular network of one-dimensional states in marginally twisted graphene journal, September 2019

Dynamics of the charge-density wave. I. Impurity pinning in a single chain journal, January 1978

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Emergent ferromagnetism near three-quarters filling in twisted bilayer graphene journal, July 2019

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Correlated insulator behaviour at half-filling in magic-angle graphene superlattices
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