WKB estimate of bilayer graphene's magic twist angles
arXiv:2006.13292 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.016404
Abstract
Graphene bilayers exhibit zero-energy flat bands at a discrete series of magic twist angles. In the absence of intra-sublattice inter-layer hopping, zero-energy states satisfy a Dirac equation with a non-abelian SU(2) gauge potential that cannot be diagonalized globally. We develop a semiclassical WKB approximation scheme for this Dirac equation by introducing a dimensionless Planck's constant proportional to the twist angle, solving the linearized Dirac equation around AB and BA turning points, and connecting Airy function solutions via bulk WKB wavefunctions. We find zero energy solutions at a discrete set of values of the dimensionless Planck's constant, which we obtain analytically. Our analytic flat band twist angles correspond closely to those determined numerically in previous work.
arXiv comment7 pages, 6 figures, Comments are welcome
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