Glimpsing at Electron's Form Factor through Quasiparticle Interference in Twisted Bilayer Graphene

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Main Authors: Nguyen, D. -H. -Minh, Guinea, Francisco, Bercioux, Dario
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author Nguyen, D. -H. -Minh
Guinea, Francisco
Bercioux, Dario
author_facet Nguyen, D. -H. -Minh
Guinea, Francisco
Bercioux, Dario
contents We show that characteristics of the electron's form factor in two-dimensional materials are observable in quasiparticle interference (QPI) spectrum. We study QPI in twisted bilayer graphene using real-space tight-binding calculations combined with the kernel polynomial method, which agrees excellently with the form factor norm obtained from the continuum Hamiltonian. The QPI signals, displaying a chiral structure, reveal all distinct interference processes between states near the Dirac points. We propose pseudospin textures of twisted bilayer graphene to explain all the interference mechanisms. Our results provide microscopic insights into electronic eigenstates of twisted bilayer graphene and suggest QPI as a potential method for probing the form factor, which governs the material's quantum geometry and many-body states.
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spellingShingle Glimpsing at Electron's Form Factor through Quasiparticle Interference in Twisted Bilayer Graphene
Nguyen, D. -H. -Minh
Guinea, Francisco
Bercioux, Dario
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We show that characteristics of the electron's form factor in two-dimensional materials are observable in quasiparticle interference (QPI) spectrum. We study QPI in twisted bilayer graphene using real-space tight-binding calculations combined with the kernel polynomial method, which agrees excellently with the form factor norm obtained from the continuum Hamiltonian. The QPI signals, displaying a chiral structure, reveal all distinct interference processes between states near the Dirac points. We propose pseudospin textures of twisted bilayer graphene to explain all the interference mechanisms. Our results provide microscopic insights into electronic eigenstates of twisted bilayer graphene and suggest QPI as a potential method for probing the form factor, which governs the material's quantum geometry and many-body states.
title Glimpsing at Electron's Form Factor through Quasiparticle Interference in Twisted Bilayer Graphene
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11223