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NATURE
卷 582, 期 7811, 页码 203-+出版社
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2373-y
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资金
- Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
- ISF [712539, 13335/16]
- Deloro award
- Sagol Weizmann-MIT Bridge programme
- ERC-Cog [647413, 817799]
- ISF Research Grants in the Quantum Technologies and Science Program [994/19, 2074/19]
- DFG [CRC/Transregio 183]
- EU [LEGOTOP 788715]
- Binational Science Foundation (NSF/BMR-BSF) [2018643]
- National Science Foundation [DMR-1809802]
- Center for Integrated Quantum Materials under NSF [DMR-1231319]
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation's EPiQS Initiative [GBMF4541]
- National Science Foundation under NSF ECCS [1541959]
- Fundacin Bancaria 'la Caixa' [LCF/BQ/AN15/10380011]
- US Army Research Office [W911NF-17-S-0001]
- Elemental Strategy Initiative by the MEXT, Japan
- A3 Foresight by JSPS
- CREST, JST [JPMJCR15F3]
- European Research Council (ERC) [817799, 647413] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
Twisted bilayer graphene near the magic angle(1-4)exhibits rich electron-correlation physics, displaying insulating(3-6), magnetic(7,8)and superconducting phases(4-6). The electronic bands of this system were predicted(1,2)to narrow markedly(9,10)near the magic angle, leading to a variety of possible symmetry-breaking ground states(11-17). Here, using measurements of the local electronic compressibility, we show that these correlated phases originate from a high-energy state with an unusual sequence of band population. As carriers are added to the system, the four electronic 'flavours', which correspond to the spin and valley degrees of freedom, are not filled equally. Rather, they are populated through a sequence of sharp phase transitions, which appear as strong asymmetric jumps of the electronic compressibility near integer fillings of the moire lattice. At each transition, a single spin/valley flavour takes all the carriers from its partially filled peers, 'resetting' them to the vicinity of the charge neutrality point. As a result, the Dirac-like character observed near charge neutrality reappears after each integer filling. Measurement of the in-plane magnetic field dependence of the chemical potential near filling factor one reveals a large spontaneous magnetization, further substantiating this picture of a cascade of symmetry breaking. The sequence of phase transitions and Dirac revivals is observed at temperatures well above the onset of the superconducting and correlated insulating states. This indicates that the state that we report here, with its strongly broken electronic flavour symmetry and revived Dirac-like electronic character, is important in the physics of magic-angle graphene, forming the parent state out of which the more fragile superconducting and correlated insulating ground states emerge. Local electronic compressibility measurements of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene show that the insulating and superconducting phases of this system are both derived from a high-energy symmetry-broken state.
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