Observation of Weyl fermions in a magnetic non-centrosymmetric crystal.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 Jul 2020
03 Jul 2020
Historique:
received:
22
02
2019
accepted:
19
03
2020
entrez:
5
7
2020
pubmed:
6
7
2020
medline:
6
7
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The absence of inversion symmetry in non-centrosymmetric materials has a fundamental role in the emergence of a vast number of fascinating phenomena, like ferroelectricity, second harmonic generation, and Weyl fermions. The removal of time-reversal symmetry in such systems further extends the variety of observable magneto-electric and topological effects. Here we report the striking topological properties in the non-centrosymmetric spin-orbit magnet PrAlGe by combining spectroscopy and transport measurements. By photoemission spectroscopy below the Curie temperature, we observe topological Fermi arcs that correspond to projected topological charges of ±1 in the surface Brillouin zone. In the bulk, we observe the linear energy-dispersion of the Weyl fermions. We further observe a large anomalous Hall response in our magneto-transport measurements, which is understood to arise from diverging bulk Berry curvature fields associated with the Weyl band structure. These results establish a novel Weyl semimetal phase in magnetic non-centrosymmetric PrAlGe.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32620859
doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16879-1
pii: 10.1038/s41467-020-16879-1
pmc: PMC7335064
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Pagination
3356Commentaires et corrections
Type : ErratumIn
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