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Continuum model for relaxed twisted bilayer graphenes and moiré electron-phonon interaction

arXiv:1909.10786 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.195425

Abstract

We construct an analytic continuum model to describe the electronic structure and the electron-phonon interaction in twisted bilayer graphenes with arbitrary lattice deformation. Starting from the tight-binding model, we derive the interlayer Hamiltonian in the presence of general lattice displacement, and obtain a long-wavelength continuum expression for smooth deformation. We show that the continuum model correctly describes the band structures of the lattice-relaxed twisted bilayer graphenes. We apply the formula to the phonon vibration, and derive an explicit expression of the electron-phonon matrix elements between the moiré band states and the moiré phonon modes. By numerical calculation, we find that the electron-phonon coupling and phonon mediated electron-electron interaction are significantly enhanced in low twist angles due to the superlattice hybridization.

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