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Title: Twisted symmetric trilayer graphene: Single-particle and many-body Hamiltonians and hidden nonlocal symmetries of trilayer moiré systems with and without displacement field
Award ID(s):
1643312 2011750
PAR ID:
10288461
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Volume:
103
Issue:
19
ISSN:
2469-9950
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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