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Excitonic gap, phase transition, and quantum Hall effect in graphene: strong-coupling regime

V. P. Gusynin, V. A. Miransky, S. G. Sharapov, I. A. Shovkovy

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/0612488

Abstract

We suggest that physics underlying the recently observed removal of sublattice and spin degeneracies in graphene in a strong magnetic field describes a phase transition connected with the generation of excitonic and spin gaps. The strong-coupling regime is described using a phenomenological model with enhanced Zeeman splitting (spin gap) and excitonic gaps. The experimental form of the Hall conductivity σxy with the additional ν= 0, 1 plateaus is reproduced. The form of σxy in the case of a strong-coupling regime with no enhanced Zeeman splitting is also discussed.

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