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arXiv 2005.07749cond-mat.str-el
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魔角扭曲双层石墨烯中的自旋密度波和电子向列性

Spin density wave and electron nematicity in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene

A. O. Sboychakov, A. V. Rozhkov, A. L. Rakhmanov, Franco Nori

摘要:

我们从理论上研究了不同掺杂水平的魔角扭曲双层石墨烯的多体性质。我们的研究集中在有序低温电子态的出现、稳定性和向列性的表现。众所周知,在相互作用消失时,所研究系统的低能谱由四个几乎平坦的几乎简并带组成。电子-电子排斥力提升了这种简并性。为了解释这种相互作用效应,使用了数值平均场论。假设基态具有自旋密度波序,我们引入了描述自旋磁化的多分量序参量。我们的模拟表明,序参量结构依赖于掺杂水平。特别地,远离电荷中性点的掺杂降低了有序态的旋转对称性,这表明出现了电子自旋态。向列性的表现可以在摩尔单元内的自旋磁化强度的空间分布中以及在单电子能带结构中观察到。向列性在半填充(每个超晶胞两个额外的电子或空穴)时最强。我们认为,对称性破缺是一个强大的功能系统基态,稳定的模型参数的变化。具体而言,它示出,远离电荷中性点,它持续的所有三个参数化的层间跳跃振幅的文件中讨论的。所得理论结果与已有的实验数据一致。

英文摘要:

We study theoretically many-body properties of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene for different doping levels. Our investigation is focused on the emergence, stability, and manifestations of nematicity of the ordered low-temperature electronic state. It is known that, at vanishing interactions, the low-energy spectrum of the system studied consists of four almost-flat almost-degenerate bands. Electron-electron repulsion lifts this degeneracy. To account for such an interaction effect, a numerical mean-field theory is used. Assuming that the ground state has spin-density-wave-like order, we introduce a multicomponent order parameter describing spin magnetization. Our simulations show that the order parameter structure depends on the doping level. In particular, doping away from the charge neutrality point reduces the rotational symmetry of the ordered state, indicating the appearance of an electron nematic state. Manifestations of the nematicity can be observed in the spatial distribution of the spin magnetization within a moir{é} cell, as well as in the single-electron band structure. The nematicity is strongest at half-filling (two extra electron or holes per supercell). We argue that nematic symmetry breaking is a robust feature of the system ground state, stable against model parameters variations. Specifically, it is shown that, away from the charge neutrality point, it persists for all three parametrizations of the interlayer hopping amplitudes discussed in the paper. Obtained theoretical results are consistent with the available experimental data.

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