Graphene integer quantum Hall effect in the ferromagnetic and paramagnetic regimes

Details Graphene integer quantum Hall effect in the ferromagnetic and paramagnetic regimes Graphene integer quantum Hall effect in the ferromagnetic and paramagnetic regimes

2006-04-26

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0604601v1

Phys. Rev. B 74, 075422 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

13 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.74.075422

Starting from the graphene lattice tight-binding Hamiltonian with an on-site U and long-range Coulomb repulsion, we derive an interacting continuum Dirac theory governing the low-energy behavior of graphene in an applied magnetic field. Initially, we consider a clean graphene system within this effective theory and explore integer quantum Hall ferromagnetism stabilized by exchange from the long-range Coulomb repulsion. We study in detail the ground state and excitations at nu = 0 and nu = \pm 1, taking into account small symmetry-breaking terms that arise from the lattice-scale interactions, and also explore the ground states selected at nu = \pm 3, \pm 4, and \pm 5. We argue that the ferromagnetic regime may not yet be realized in current experimental samples, which at the above filling factors perhaps remain paramagnetic due to strong disorder. In an attempt to access the latter regime where the role of exchange is strongly suppressed by disorder, we apply Hartree theory to study the effects of interactions. Here, we find that Zeeman splitting together with symmetry-breaking interactions can in principle produce integer quantum Hall states in a paramagnetic system at nu = 0, \pm 1 and \pm 4, but not at nu = \pm 3 or \pm 5, consistent with recent experiments in high magnetic fields. We make predictions for the activation energies in these quantum Hall states which will be useful for determining their true origin.

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