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arxiv: 1602.05031 · v2 · pith:YEAR4DMSnew · submitted 2016-02-16 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall

SU(4) Skyrmions in the ν=pm 1 Quantum Hall State of Graphene

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We explore different skyrmion types in the lowest Landau level of graphene at a filling factor $\nu=\pm 1$. In addition to the formation of spin and valley pseudospin skyrmions, we show that another type of spin-valley entangled skyrmions can be stabilized in graphene due to an approximate SU(4) spin-valley symmetry that is affected by sublattice symmetry-breaking terms. These skyrmions have a clear signature in spin-resolved density measurements on the lattice scale, and we discuss the expected patterns for the different skyrmion types.

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