Coulomb interaction and semimetal-insulator transition in graphene
arXiv:0907.2365 · doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2010.05.011
Abstract
The strong Coulomb interaction between massless Dirac fermions can drive a semimetal-insulator transition in single-layer graphene by dynamically generating an excitonic fermion gap. There is a critical interaction strength that separates the semimetal phase from the insulator phase. We calculate the specific heat and susceptibility of the system and show that they exhibit distinct behaviors in the semimetal and insulator phases.
7 pages, 3 figures
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