Broken translational symmetry in an emergent paramagnetic phase of graphene

We show that the spin-density wave state on the partially filled honeycomb and triangular lattices is preempted by a paramagnetic phase that breaks an emergent Z[subscript 4] symmetry of the system associated with the four inequivalent arrangements of spins in the quadrupled unit cell. Unlike other...

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Main Authors: Chern, Gia-Wei (Author), Fernandes, Rafael M. (Author), Nandkishore, Rahul Mahajan (Contributor), Chubukov, Andrey V. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2012-12-18T15:00:37Z.
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520 |a We show that the spin-density wave state on the partially filled honeycomb and triangular lattices is preempted by a paramagnetic phase that breaks an emergent Z[subscript 4] symmetry of the system associated with the four inequivalent arrangements of spins in the quadrupled unit cell. Unlike other emergent paramagnetic phases in itinerant and localized-spin systems, this state preserves the C[subscript 6] rotational symmetry of the lattice, but breaks its translational symmetry, giving rise to a superlattice structure that can be detected by scanning tunneling microscopy. This emergent phase also has distinctive signatures in the magnetic spectrum that can be probed experimentally. 
520 |a ICAM (Grant NSF-DMR 0645461) 
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