Classically forbidden regions in the chiral model of twisted bilayer graphene. With an appendix by Zhongkai Tao and Maciej Zworski

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Main Authors: Hitrik, Michael, Tao, Zhongkai, Zworski, Maciej
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author Hitrik, Michael
Tao, Zhongkai
Zworski, Maciej
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Tao, Zhongkai
Zworski, Maciej
contents We establish exponential decay, as the angle of twisting goes to $ 0$, of eigenstates in a model of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), near the hexagon connecting stacking points. That is done by adapting microlocal methods Kawai-Kashiwara and Sjöstrand used to establish analytic hypoellipticity by Trépreau and Himonas. That replaces ellipticity, absent here, which is the usual mechanism behind classically forbidden regions. We also discuss numerical evidence of exponential decay in other regions (the center of the hexagon) and analytic complications involved in establishing that decay.
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spellingShingle Classically forbidden regions in the chiral model of twisted bilayer graphene. With an appendix by Zhongkai Tao and Maciej Zworski
Hitrik, Michael
Tao, Zhongkai
Zworski, Maciej
Mathematical Physics
Analysis of PDEs
We establish exponential decay, as the angle of twisting goes to $ 0$, of eigenstates in a model of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG), near the hexagon connecting stacking points. That is done by adapting microlocal methods Kawai-Kashiwara and Sjöstrand used to establish analytic hypoellipticity by Trépreau and Himonas. That replaces ellipticity, absent here, which is the usual mechanism behind classically forbidden regions. We also discuss numerical evidence of exponential decay in other regions (the center of the hexagon) and analytic complications involved in establishing that decay.
title Classically forbidden regions in the chiral model of twisted bilayer graphene. With an appendix by Zhongkai Tao and Maciej Zworski
topic Mathematical Physics
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.19140