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Minimal conductivity of rippled graphene with topological disorder
We study the transport properties of a neutral graphene sheet with curved
regions induced or stabilized by topological defects. The proposed model gives
rise to Dirac fermions in a random magnetic field and in the random space
dependent Fermi velocity induced by the curvature. This last term leads to
singular long range correlated disorder with special characteristics. The Drude
minimal conductivity at zero energy is found to be inversely proportional to
the density of topological disorder, a signature of diffusive behavior.Comment: 12 pages, no figure
Topological insulating phases in mono and bilayer graphene
We analyze the influence of different quadratic interactions giving rise to
time reversal invariant topological insulating phases in mono and bilayer
graphene. We make use of the effective action formalism to determine the
dependence of the Chern Simons coefficient on the different interactions
Charge instabilities and topological phases in the extended Hubbard model on the honeycomb lattice with enlarged unit cell
We study spontaneous symmetry breaking in a system of spinless fermions in
the Honeycomb lattice paying special emphasis to the role of an enlarged unit
cell on time reversal symmetry broken phases. We use a tight binding model with
nearest neighbor hopping t and Hubbard interaction V1 and V2 and extract the
phase diagram as a function of electron density and interaction within a mean
field variational approach. The analysis completes the previous work done in
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 106402 (2011) where phases with non--trivial topological
properties were found with only a nearest neighbor interaction V1 in the
absence of charge decouplings. We see that the topological phases are
suppressed by the presence of metallic charge density fluctuations. The
addition of next to nearest neighbor interaction V2 restores the topological
non-trivial phases
Topological Fermi liquids from Coulomb interactions in the doped Honeycomb lattice
We get an anomalous Hall metallic state in the Honeycomb lattice with nearest
neighbors only arising as a spontaneously broken symmetry state from a local
nearest neighbor Coulomb interaction V . The key ingredient is to enlarge the
unit cell to host six atoms that permits Kekul\'e distortions and supports
self-consistent currents creating non trivial magnetic configurations with
total zero flux. We find within a variational mean field approach a metallic
phase with broken time reversal symmetry (T) very close in parameter space to a
Pomeranchuk instability. Within the T broken region the predominant
configuration is an anomalous Hall phase with non zero Hall conductivity, a
realization of a topological Fermi liquid. A T broken phase with zero Hall
conductivity is stable in a small region of the parameter space for lower
values of V
Lie conformal algebra cohomology and the variational complex
We find an interpretation of the complex of variational calculus in terms of
the Lie conformal algebra cohomology theory. This leads to a better
understanding of both theories. In particular, we give an explicit construction
of the Lie conformal algebra cohomology complex, and endow it with a structure
of a g-complex. On the other hand, we give an explicit construction of the
complex of variational calculus in terms of skew-symmetric poly-differential
operators.Comment: 56 page
Geometric description of BTZ black holes thermodynamics
We study the properties of the space of thermodynamic equilibrium states of
the Ba\~nados-Teitelboim-Zanelli (BTZ) black hole in (2+1)-gravity. We use the
formalism of geometrothermodynamics to introduce in the space of equilibrium
states a dimensional thermodynamic metric whose curvature is non-vanishing,
indicating the presence of thermodynamic interaction, and free of
singularities, indicating the absence of phase transitions. Similar results are
obtained for generalizations of the BTZ black hole which include a Chern-Simons
term and a dilatonic field. Small logarithmic corrections of the entropy turn
out to be represented by small corrections of the thermodynamic curvature,
reinforcing the idea that thermodynamic curvature is a measure of thermodynamic
interaction
On the relativistic L-S coupling
The fact that the Dirac equation is linear in the space and time derivatives
leads to the coupling of spin and orbital angular momenta that is of a pure
relativistic nature. We illustrate this fact by computing the solutions of the
Dirac equation in an infinite spherical well, which allows to go from the
relativistic to the non-relativistic limit by just varying the radius of the
well.Comment: LateX2e, 12 pages, 1 figure, accepted in Eur. J. Phy
Positive solutions to indefinite Neumann problems when the weight has positive average
We deal with positive solutions for the Neumann boundary value problem
associated with the scalar second order ODE where is positive on and is an indefinite weight. Complementary to previous
investigations in the case , we provide existence results
for a suitable class of weights having (small) positive mean, when
at infinity. Our proof relies on a shooting argument for a suitable equivalent
planar system of the type with
a continuous function defined on the whole real line.Comment: 17 pages, 3 figure
Introduction: Tricksters, humour and activism
This special issue, entitled ‘The Trickster Activist in Global Humour and Comedy’, investigates the relevance of the concept of the trickster for explaining activist expressions that emanate from comedians, or that appear in comedy and humour more generally. Comedy has traditionally been viewed as an aesthetic or entertainment medium. It has often been charged with encouraging stereotype and the affirmation of mainstream audience beliefs. Despite this, we argue, there have been moments in recent history where comedians have given their performances an increased level of social and political consciousness that resonates with the public at large, or with sections of the public. Comedians, we argue, are able to reach this level of social commentary due to their potential to become tricksters. Paradoxically, the mythical trickster is a liminal entity, one that is adept at destruction as well as creation, or at conservativism as well radicalism. The articles in this issue explore the complexity of the trickster concept, showing some of the polysemy involved in the social activism enabled by comedy and humour
Charge inhomogeneities due to smooth ripples in graphene sheets
We study the effect of the curved ripples observed in the free standing
graphene samples on the electronic structure of the system. We model the
ripples as smooth curved bumps and compute the Green's function of the Dirac
fermions in the curved surface. Curved regions modify the Fermi velocity that
becomes a function of the point on the graphene surface and induce energy
dependent oscillations in the local density of states around the position of
the bump. The corrections are estimated to be of a few percent of the flat
density at the typical energies explored in local probes such as scanning
tunnel microscopy that should be able to observe the predicted correlation of
the morphology with the electronics. We discuss the connection of the present
work with the recent observation of charge anisotropy in graphene and propose
that it can be used as an experimental test of the curvature effects.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures. v2: Abstract and discussion about experimental
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