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- Title
Weyl semimetal phase in the non-centrosymmetric compound TaAs.
- Authors
Yang, L. X.; Liu, Z. K.; Sun, Y.; Peng, H.; Yang, H. F.; Zhang, T.; Zhou, B.; Zhang, Y.; Guo, Y. F.; Rahn, M.; Prabhakaran, D.; Hussain, Z.; Mo, S.-K.; Felser, C.; Yan, B.; Chen, Y. L.
- Abstract
Three-dimensional (3D) topological Weyl semimetals (TWSs) represent a state of quantum matter with unusual electronic structures that resemble both a '3D graphene' and a topological insulator. Their electronic structure displays pairs of Weyl points (through which the electronic bands disperse linearly along all three momentum directions) connected by topological surface states, forming a unique ark-like Fermi surface (FS). Each Weyl point is chiral and contains half the degrees of freedom of a Dirac point, and can be viewed as a magnetic monopole in momentum space. By performing angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on the non-centrosymmetric compound TaAs, here we report its complete band structure, including the unique Fermi-arc FS and linear bulk band dispersion across the Weyl points, in agreement with the theoretical calculations. This discovery not only confirms TaAs as a 3D TWS, but also provides an ideal platform for realizing exotic physical phenomena (for example, negative magnetoresistance, chiral magnetic effects and the quantum anomalous Hall effect) which may also lead to novel future applications.
- Subjects
SEMIMETALS; ELECTRONIC structure; QUANTUM theory; TOPOLOGICAL insulators; FERMI surfaces
- Publication
Nature Physics, 2015, Vol 11, Issue 9, p728
- ISSN
1745-2473
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nphys3425