4,811 research outputs found
Graphene under the influence of Aharonov-Bohm flux and constant magnetic field
Investigation of real two-dimensional systems with Dirac-like electronic
behavior under the influence of magnetic field is challenging and leads to many
interesting physical results. In this paper we study 2D graphene model with a
particular form of magnetic field as a superposition of a homogeneous field and
an Aharonov-Bohm vortex. For this configuration, electronic wave functions and
energy spectrum were obtained and it was shown that the magnetic Aharonov-Bohm
vortex plays the role of a charge impurity. As a demonstration of vacuum
properties of the system, vacuum current, as well as an electric current, is
calculated and their representation for particular limiting cases of magnetic
field is obtained
Renormalized non-modal theory of the kinetic drift instability of plasma shear flows
The linear and renormalized nonlinear kinetic theory of drift instability of
plasma shear flow across the magnetic field, which has the Kelvin's method of
shearing modes or so-called non-modal approach as its foundation, is developed.
The developed theory proves that the time-dependent effect of the finite ion
Larmor radius is the key effect, which is responsible for the suppression of
drift turbulence in an inhomogeneous electric field. This effect leads to the
non-modal decrease of the frequency and growth rate of the unstable drift
perturbations with time. We find that turbulent scattering of the ion gyrophase
is the dominant effect, which determines extremely rapid suppression of drift
turbulence in shear flow
- …