On Coulomb drag in double layer systems

We argue, for a wide class of systems including graphene, that in the low temperature, high density, large separation and strong screening limits the drag resistivity behaves as d(-4), where d is the separation between the two layers. The results are independent of the energy dispersion relation, the dependence on momentum of the transport time, and the electronic wave function structure. We discuss how a correct treatment of the electron-electron interactions in an inhomogeneous dielectric background changes the theoretical analysis of the experimental drag results of Kim et al (2011 Phys. Rev. B 83 161401). We find that a quantitative understanding of the available experimental data (Kim et al 2011 Phys. Rev. B 83 161401) for drag in graphene is lacking.