Chiral gauge theory for graphene

被引:167
作者
Jackiw, R. [1 ]
Pi, S.-Y.
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[1] MIT, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[2] Boston Univ, Dept Phys, Boston, MA 02215 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.266402
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We construct a chiral gauge theory to describe fractionalization of fermions in graphene. Thereby we extend a recently proposed model, which relies on vortex formation. Our chiral gauge fields provide dynamics for the vortices and also couple to the fermions.
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