RUS  ENG
Full version
JOURNALS // Matematicheskie Zametki // Archive

Mat. Zametki, 2024 Volume 116, Issue 6, Pages 956–968 (Mi mzm14544)

Efficient semiclassical approximation for bound states in graphene in magnetic field with a small trigonal warping correction

V. V. Rykhlovab

a Lomonosov Moscow State University
b Ishlinsky Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: This paper is devoted to the construction of semiclassical spectrum and efficient (simple to implement) explicit semiclassical asymptotic eigenfunctions of the Dirac operator for high-energy bound states in graphene in magnetic field, with considering the effect of trigonal warping [1], [2] to be small. It turns out that the asymptotic spectrum of the operator is invariant under such a perturbation, but due to the symmetry of the problem only, rather than the smallness of this correction.
However, the behavior of asymptotic eigenfunctions is quite different; they are significantly affected by trigonal warping that leads to the breaking of certain symmetries. Density plots of asymptotic eigenfunctions can indicate what should be observed using a scanning tunneling microscope. Our approach to constructing asymptotic solutions is based on developments of previous papers [3]–[6], which present a new method for constructing the solution, simplifying practical application. We also provide a rigorous estimate for the tails of the Fourier series of the amplitudes, which permits one to exclude them from consideration.

Keywords: semiclassical approximation, Dirac operator, graphene in magnetic field, trigonal warping, Airy function.

UDC: 517.958

Received: 19.07.2024

DOI: 10.4213/mzm14544


 English version:
Mathematical Notes, 2024, 116:6, 1339–1349


© Steklov Math. Inst. of RAS, 2025