Magic-Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene

Band Flattening · Flat Band at θ≈1.1° · Mott Insulator at Half Filling


Parameters

Near magic angle!
θmagic ≈ 1.05° (Bistritzer-MacDonald)
w/vF|Kθ| ≈ α ≈ 0.35 (magic)
Flat band → ρ(EF) → ∞
U/W → ∞: Mott insulator at ν=2
At magic angle θ≈1.1°, the moiré wavelength λ=a/2sin(θ/2)≈13nm creates a flat band where kinetic energy W is suppressed and Coulomb interactions U dominate, driving correlated states.