Gauge fields in graphene

M. A. H. Vozmediano, M. I. Katsnelson, F. Guinea

Published 2010-03-26, updated 2010-07-20Version 2

The physics of graphene is acting as a bridge between quantum field theory and condensed matter physics due to the special quality of the graphene quasiparticles behaving as massless two dimensional Dirac fermions. Moreover, the particular structure of the 2D crystal lattice sets the arena to study and unify concepts from elasticity, topology and cosmology. In this paper we analyze these connections combining a pedagogical, intuitive approach with a more rigorous formalism when required.