Velocity renormalization and carrier lifetime in graphene from the electron-phonon interaction

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Park, Cheol Hwan ^a,b   Giustino, Feliciano ^c   Cohen, Marvin L ^c   Louie, Steven G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; BINDING ENERGY; CARRIER LIFETIME; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BAND VELOCITY; GRAPHENE; SELF-ENERGY; VELOCITY RENORMALIZATION;

GRAPHITE;

GRAPHITE;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; PHONON;

ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONS; GRAPHITE; PHONONS;

EID: 34548250859     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.086804     Document Type: Article

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