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Strange metal behavior of the Hall angle in twisted bilayer graphene

Authors :
Lyu, Rui
Tuchfeld, Zachary
Verma, Nishchhal
Tian, Haidong
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Lau, Chun Ning
Randeria, Mohit
Bockrath, Marc
Source :
Phys. Rev. B 103, 245424 (2021)
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) with interlayer twist angles near the magic angle $\approx 1.08^{\circ}$ hosts flat bands and exhibits correlated states including Mott-like insulators, superconductivity and magnetism. Here we report combined temperature-dependent transport measurements of the longitudinal and Hall resistivities in close to magic-angle TBG. While the observed longitudinal resistivity follows linear temperature $T$ dependence consistent with previous reports, the Hall resistance shows an anomalous $T$ dependence with the cotangent of the Hall angle cot $\Theta{_H} \propto T^2$. Boltzmann theory for quasiparticle transport predicts that both the resistivity and cot $\Theta{_H}$ should have the same $T$ dependence, contradicting the observed behavior. This failure of quasiparticle-based theories is reminiscent of other correlated strange metals such as cuprates.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Phys. Rev. B 103, 245424 (2021)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2008.06907
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.245424