# Moir\'e Flat Bands in Twisted Double Bilayer Graphene

## TL;DR

This paper explores twisted double bilayer graphene, revealing a narrow magic angle region with flat bands and establishing a fundamental link to twisted bilayer graphene, advancing understanding of moiré superlattice physics.

## Contribution

The study introduces a continuum model for TDBG, demonstrating a fundamental connection to TBG and identifying intrinsic flat bands near the magic angle without external fields.

## Key findings

- Identification of a narrow flat band region around 1.3° twist angle.
- Discovery of an intrinsic energy gap at charge neutrality due to symmetric polarization.
- Establishment of a mathematical link between TDBG and TBG models.

## Abstract

We investigate twisted double bilayer graphene (TDBG), a four-layer system composed of two AB-stacked graphene bilayers rotated with respect to each other by a small angle. Our ab initio band structure calculations reveal a considerable energy gap at the charge point neutrality that we assign to the intrinsic symmetric polarization (ISP). We then introduce the ISP effect into the tight-binding parameterization and perform calculations on TDBG models that include lattice relaxation effects down to very small twist angles. We identify a narrow region around the magic angle $\theta^\circ = 1.3^{\circ}$ characterized by a manifold of remarkably flat bands gapped out from other states even without external electric fields. To understand the fundamental origin of the magic angle in TDBG, we construct a continuum model that points to a hidden mathematical link to the twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) model, thus indicating that the band flattening is a fundamental feature of TDBG, and is not a result of external fields.