The Coulomb impurity problem in graphene

Details The Coulomb impurity problem in graphene The Coulomb impurity problem in graphene

2007-06-19

arxiv.org/abs/0706.2872v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 166802 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

3 Figures; minor typo corrections and minor update in Fig. 3d

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.166802

We address the problem of an unscreened Coulomb charge in graphene, and calculate the local density of states and displaced charge as a function of energy and distance from the impurity. This is done non-perturbatively in two different ways: (1) solving the problem exactly by studying numerically the tight-binding model on the lattice; (2) using the continuum description in terms of the 2D Dirac equation. We show that the Dirac equation, when properly regularized, provides a qualitative and quantitative low energy description of the problem. The lattice solution shows extra features that cannot be described by the Dirac equation, namely bound state formation and strong renormalization of the van Hove singularities.

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