Intra-Landau level magnetoexcitons and the transition between quantum Hall states in undoped bilayer graphene

Abstract

We study the collective modes of the quantum Hall states in undoped bilayer graphene in a strong perpendicular magnetic and electric field. Both for the well-known ferromagnetic state that is relevant for small electric field $E_{\perp }$ and the analogous valley/layer polarized one suitable for large $E_{\perp }$, the low energy physics is dominated by magnetoexcitons with zero angular momentum that are even combinations of excitons that conserve Landau orbitals. We identify a long wave length instability in both states, and argue that there is an intermediate range of the electric field $E_{\text{c}}^{(1)}<E_{\perp }<E_{\text{c}}^{(2)}$ where a gapless phase interpolates between the incompressible quantum Hall states. The experimental relevance of this crossover via a gapless state is discussed.

7 pages, 5 figures

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