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Main Authors: Tanaka, Hiroto, Yanase, Youichi
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.10395
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author Tanaka, Hiroto
Yanase, Youichi
author_facet Tanaka, Hiroto
Yanase, Youichi
contents Recent experiments have reported valley-gauge-symmetry-broken phases, identified as intervalley coherent (IVC) states. Exploration of anomalous responses, particularly those analogous to superconductivity, has become an urgent theoretical issue. In this study, we show that the IVC order gives rise to anomalous valley-current generation driven by surface acoustic waves (SAWs). The anomalous valley current exhibits a characteristic power-law dependence for low-frequency SAWs. Furthermore, we demonstrate by numerical analysis that the IVC order significantly enhances valley-current generation in rhombohedral graphene. These results open a pathway toward exploring exotic phenomena emerging from valley-gauge-symmetry breaking, in close analogy with gauge-symmetry breaking in superconductors.
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spellingShingle Surface acoustic wave-driven valley current generation in intervalley coherent states
Tanaka, Hiroto
Yanase, Youichi
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Recent experiments have reported valley-gauge-symmetry-broken phases, identified as intervalley coherent (IVC) states. Exploration of anomalous responses, particularly those analogous to superconductivity, has become an urgent theoretical issue. In this study, we show that the IVC order gives rise to anomalous valley-current generation driven by surface acoustic waves (SAWs). The anomalous valley current exhibits a characteristic power-law dependence for low-frequency SAWs. Furthermore, we demonstrate by numerical analysis that the IVC order significantly enhances valley-current generation in rhombohedral graphene. These results open a pathway toward exploring exotic phenomena emerging from valley-gauge-symmetry breaking, in close analogy with gauge-symmetry breaking in superconductors.
title Surface acoustic wave-driven valley current generation in intervalley coherent states
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.10395