Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2011-05-06
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Ph.D. thesis; 154 pages, 15 figures
Scientific paper
In this Ph.D. thesis a model for graphene in presence of quantized electromagnetic interactions is introduced. The zero and low temperature properties of the model are studied using rigorous renormalization group methods and lattice Ward identities. In particular, it is shown that, at all orders in renormalized perturbation theory, the Schwinger functions and the response functions decay with interaction dependent anomalous exponents. Regarding the 2-point Schwinger function, the wave function renormalization diverges in the infrared limit, while the effective Fermi velocity flows to the speed of light. Concerning the response functions, those associated to a Kekul\'e distortion of the honeycomb lattice and to a charge density wave instability are enhanced by the electromagnetic electron-electron interactions (their scaling in real space is depressed), while the lowest order correction to the scaling exponent of the density-density response function is vanishing. Then, the model in presence of a fixed Kekul\'e distortion is studied, and it is shown that the interaction strongly renormalizes the effective amplitude of the lattice distortion. Finally, the effect of the electronic repulsion on the Peierls-Kekul\'e instability is discussed by deriving a non-BCS gap equation, from which we find evidence that strong electromagnetic interactions facilitate the spontaneous distortion of the lattice and the opening of a gap. This thesis is based on joint work with A. Giuliani and V. Mastropietro.
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