Spectral gaps of Dirac operators describing graphene quantum dots

DOI10.1007/S11040-017-9242-4zbMATH Open1424.81011arXiv1601.06607OpenAlexW3099118409MaRDI QIDQ1663498FDOQ1663498

Authors: Rafael D. Benguria, S. Fournais, E. Stockmeyer, Hanne van den Bosch 

Publication date: 21 August 2018

Published in: Mathematical Physics, Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The two-dimensional Dirac operator describes low-energy excitations in graphene. Different choices for the boundary conditions give rise to qualitative differences in the spectrum of the resulting operator. For a family of boundary conditions, we find a lower bound to the spectral gap around zero, proportional to $|Omega{|}^{-1/2}$, where $Omegasubsetmathbb{R}^2$ is the bounded region where the Dirac operator acts. This family contains the so-called infinite mass and armchair cases used in the physics literature for the description of graphene quantum dots.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.06607

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zbMATH Keywords

Dirac operatorspectral gaparmchair boundary conditionsgraphene flakesinfinite mass boundary conditions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with quantum mechanics (35Q40) Quantum dots, waveguides, ratchets, etc. (81Q37)

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