Interplay between many-body correlations, strain and lattice relaxation in twisted bilayer graphene

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Main Authors: Crippa, Lorenzo, Rai, Gautam, Călugăru, Dumitru, Hu, Haoyu, Herzog-Arbeitman, Jonah, Bernevig, B. Andrei, Valentí, Roser, Sangiovanni, Giorgio, Wehling, Tim
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author Crippa, Lorenzo
Rai, Gautam
Călugăru, Dumitru
Hu, Haoyu
Herzog-Arbeitman, Jonah
Bernevig, B. Andrei
Valentí, Roser
Sangiovanni, Giorgio
Wehling, Tim
author_facet Crippa, Lorenzo
Rai, Gautam
Călugăru, Dumitru
Hu, Haoyu
Herzog-Arbeitman, Jonah
Bernevig, B. Andrei
Valentí, Roser
Sangiovanni, Giorgio
Wehling, Tim
contents In twisted bilayer graphene, a unified understanding of the mechanisms governing temperature-dependent electronic spectra and thermodynamic properties remains controversial despite extensive theoretical efforts. Here, we present a comprehensive theoretical framework that quantitatively accounts for scanning tunneling spectroscopy, quantum twisting microscopy, and thermodynamic properties of magic angle twisted bilayer graphene. We demonstrate that the observed behavior arises from the interplay between electron correlations and external symmetry-breaking induced by strain and lattice relaxation. These effects act cooperatively to shape the emergent electronic behavior, leaving characteristic signatures across spectroscopy, compressibility and entropy.
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spellingShingle Interplay between many-body correlations, strain and lattice relaxation in twisted bilayer graphene
Crippa, Lorenzo
Rai, Gautam
Călugăru, Dumitru
Hu, Haoyu
Herzog-Arbeitman, Jonah
Bernevig, B. Andrei
Valentí, Roser
Sangiovanni, Giorgio
Wehling, Tim
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
Quantum Physics
In twisted bilayer graphene, a unified understanding of the mechanisms governing temperature-dependent electronic spectra and thermodynamic properties remains controversial despite extensive theoretical efforts. Here, we present a comprehensive theoretical framework that quantitatively accounts for scanning tunneling spectroscopy, quantum twisting microscopy, and thermodynamic properties of magic angle twisted bilayer graphene. We demonstrate that the observed behavior arises from the interplay between electron correlations and external symmetry-breaking induced by strain and lattice relaxation. These effects act cooperatively to shape the emergent electronic behavior, leaving characteristic signatures across spectroscopy, compressibility and entropy.
title Interplay between many-body correlations, strain and lattice relaxation in twisted bilayer graphene
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19436