Landau levels of a Dirac electron in graphene from non-uniform magnetic fields

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Main Author: Ghosh, Aritra
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contents The occurrence of Landau levels in quantum mechanics when a charged particle is subjected to a uniform magnetic field is well known. Considering the recent interest in the electronic properties of graphene, which admits a dispersion relation which is linear in the momentum near the Dirac points, we revisit the problem of Landau levels in the spirit of the Dirac Hamiltonian and ask if there are certain non-uniform magnetic fields which also lead to a spectrum consisting of the Landau levels. The answer, as we show, is in the affirmative. In particular, by considering isospectral deformations of the uniform magnetic field, we present explicit analytical expressions for non-uniform magnetic fields that are strictly isospectral to their uniform counterpart, thus supporting the Landau levels.
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spellingShingle Landau levels of a Dirac electron in graphene from non-uniform magnetic fields
Ghosh, Aritra
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Mathematical Physics
Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
Quantum Physics
The occurrence of Landau levels in quantum mechanics when a charged particle is subjected to a uniform magnetic field is well known. Considering the recent interest in the electronic properties of graphene, which admits a dispersion relation which is linear in the momentum near the Dirac points, we revisit the problem of Landau levels in the spirit of the Dirac Hamiltonian and ask if there are certain non-uniform magnetic fields which also lead to a spectrum consisting of the Landau levels. The answer, as we show, is in the affirmative. In particular, by considering isospectral deformations of the uniform magnetic field, we present explicit analytical expressions for non-uniform magnetic fields that are strictly isospectral to their uniform counterpart, thus supporting the Landau levels.
title Landau levels of a Dirac electron in graphene from non-uniform magnetic fields
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Mathematical Physics
Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21529