Gap generation in ABC-stacked multilayer graphene: Screening versus band flattening

作者:Jia, Junji*; Gorbar, E. V.; Gusynin, V. P.
来源:Physical Review B, 2013, 88(20): 205428.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.88.205428

摘要

We calculate the dynamical polarization function and solve a self-consistent gap equation in the random phase approximation in undoped ABC-stacked n-layer graphene. We find that the gap is maximal in trilayer graphene and decreases monotonously for n >= 4 because the effects of screening in the gap equation win over those connected with the flattening of electron bands as n increases.