Magnetism and anomalous transport in the Weyl semimetal PrAlGe: Possible route to axial gauge fields

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Magnetism and anomalous transport in the Weyl semimetal PrAlGe: Possible route to axial gauge fields
المؤلفون: Destraz, D., Das, L., Tsirkin, S. S., Xu, Y., Neupert, T., Chang, J., Schilling, A., Grushin, A. G., Kohlbrecher, J., Keller, L., Puphal, P., Pomjakushina, E., White, J. S.
المصدر: npj Quantum Materials 5, 5 (2020)
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons, Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
الوصف: In magnetic Weyl semimetals, where magnetism breaks time-reversal symmetry, large magnetically sensitive anomalous transport responses are anticipated that could be useful for topological spintronics. The identification of new magnetic Weyl semimetals is therefore in high demand, particularly since in these systems Weyl node configurations may be easily modified using magnetic fields. Here we explore experimentally the magnetic semimetal PrAlGe, and unveil a direct correspondence between easy-axis Pr ferromagnetism and anomalous Hall and Nernst effects. With sizes of both the anomalous Hall conductivity and Nernst effect in good quantitative agreement with first principles calculations, we identify PrAlGe as a system where magnetic fields can connect directly to Weyl nodes via the Pr magnetization. Furthermore, we find the predominantly easy-axis ferromagnetic ground state co-exists with a low density of nanoscale textured magnetic domain walls. We describe how such nanoscale magnetic textures could serve as a local platform for tunable axial gauge fields of Weyl fermions.
Comment: 42 pages, 5 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1038/s41535-019-0207-7
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2008.01476
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2008.01476
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1038/s41535-019-0207-7