Density of states of disordered two-dimensional crystals with half-filled band

Citation
Ep. Nakhmedov et al., Density of states of disordered two-dimensional crystals with half-filled band, PHYS REV L, 84(17), 2000, pp. 3930-3933
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
84
Issue
17
Year of publication
2000
Pages
3930 - 3933
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20000424)84:17<3930:DOSODT>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A diagrammatic method is applied to study the effects of commensurability i n two-dimensional disordered crystalline metals by using the particle-hole symmetry with respect to the nesting vector P-0 = {+/- pi/a, pi/a) for a ha lf-filled electronic band. The density of electronic states (DoS) is shown to have nontrivial corrections due to both nesting and elastic impurity sca ttering processes, and as a result the Van Hove singularity is preserved in the center of the band. However, the energy dependence of the DoS is signi ficantly changed. A small offset from the middle of the band gives rise to the disappearance of quantum corrections to the DoS.