Spontaneous symmetry breaking in graphene subjected to an in-plane magnetic field

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Aleiner, I L ^a   Kharzeev, D E ^b   Tsvelik, A M ^c,d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36148991143     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.195415     Document Type: Article

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