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The Ground State of Monolayer Graphene in a Strong Magnetic Field.


ABSTRACT: Experiments indicate that the ground state of graphene in a strong magnetic field exhibits spontaneous breaking of SU(4) symmetry. However, the nature of the corresponding emergent state is unclear because existing theoretical methods approximate the broken-symmetry solutions, yielding nearly-degenerate candidate ground states having different emergent orders. Resolving this ambiguity in the nature of the strong-field ground state is highly desirable, given the importance of graphene for both fundamental physics and technical applications. We have discovered a new SO(8) symmetry that recovers standard graphene SU(4) quantum Hall physics, but predicts two new broken-SU(4) phases and new properties for potential ground states. Our solutions are analytical; thus we capture the essential physics of spontaneously-broken SU(4) states in a powerful yet solvable model useful both in correlating existing data and in suggesting new experiments.

SUBMITTER: Wu LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4772480 | biostudies-other | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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