Degenerate flat bands in twisted bilayer graphene

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Autores principales: Becker, Simon, Humbert, Tristan, Zworski, Maciej
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Publicado: 2023
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author Becker, Simon
Humbert, Tristan
Zworski, Maciej
author_facet Becker, Simon
Humbert, Tristan
Zworski, Maciej
contents We prove that in the chiral limit of the Bistritzer--MacDonald Hamiltonian, there exist magic angles at which the Hamiltonian exhibits flat bands of multiplicity four instead of two. We analyse the structure of Bloch functions associated with the bands of arbitrary multiplicity, compute the corresponding Chern number to be $ -1 $, and show that there exist infinitely many degenerate magic angles for a generic choice of tunnelling potential, including the Bistritzer--MacDonald potential. Moreover, we demonstrate for generic tunnelling potentials flat bands have only twofold or fourfold multiplicities.
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spellingShingle Degenerate flat bands in twisted bilayer graphene
Becker, Simon
Humbert, Tristan
Zworski, Maciej
Mathematical Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Analysis of PDEs
We prove that in the chiral limit of the Bistritzer--MacDonald Hamiltonian, there exist magic angles at which the Hamiltonian exhibits flat bands of multiplicity four instead of two. We analyse the structure of Bloch functions associated with the bands of arbitrary multiplicity, compute the corresponding Chern number to be $ -1 $, and show that there exist infinitely many degenerate magic angles for a generic choice of tunnelling potential, including the Bistritzer--MacDonald potential. Moreover, we demonstrate for generic tunnelling potentials flat bands have only twofold or fourfold multiplicities.
title Degenerate flat bands in twisted bilayer graphene
topic Mathematical Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.02909