Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2009-06-12
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
12 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
We study the Fourier transform of the local density of states (LDOS) in graphene in the presence of a single impurity at high magnetic field. We find that the most pronounced features occur for energies of the STM tip matching the Landau level energies. The Fourier transform of the LDOS shows regions of high intensity centered around the center and the corners of the Brillouin zone (BZ). The radial intensity dependence of these features is determined by the form of the wavefunctions of the electrons in the quantum Hall regime. Moreover, some of these regions break rotational symmetry, and their angular dependence is determined by the chirality of the graphene electrons. For the zeroth Landau level, the ratio between the features at the corners and center of the BZ depends on the nature of the disorder: it goes to zero for potential disorder, and is finite for hopping disorder. We believe that a comparison between our analysis and experiments will help understand the form of the quasiparticle wavefunction, as well as the nature of disorder in graphene.
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