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Anomalous negative longitudinal magnetoresistance and violation of Ohm's law deep in the topological insulating regime in Bi[Formula: see text] Sb[Formula: see text]
Bi[Formula: see text] Sb[Formula: see text] is a topological insulator (TI) for [Formula: see text] –0.20. Close to the Topological phase transition at [Formula: see text] , a magnetic field induced Weyl semi-metal (WSM) state is stabilized due to the splitting of the Dirac cone into two Weyl cones...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8062501/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33888750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87780-0 |
Sumario: | Bi[Formula: see text] Sb[Formula: see text] is a topological insulator (TI) for [Formula: see text] –0.20. Close to the Topological phase transition at [Formula: see text] , a magnetic field induced Weyl semi-metal (WSM) state is stabilized due to the splitting of the Dirac cone into two Weyl cones of opposite chirality. A signature of the Weyl state is the observation of a Chiral anomaly [negative longitudinal magnetoresistance (LMR)] and a violation of the Ohm’s law (non-linear [Formula: see text] ). We report the unexpected discovery of Chiral anomaly-like features in the whole range ([Formula: see text] ) of the TI state. This points to a field induced WSM state in an extended x range and not just near the topological transition at [Formula: see text] . Surprisingly, the strongest Weyl phase is found at [Formula: see text] with a non-saturating negative LMR much larger than observed for [Formula: see text] . The negative LMR vanishes rapidly with increasing angle between B and I. Additionally, non-linear I–V is found for [Formula: see text] indicating a violation of Ohm’s law. This unexpected observation of a strong Weyl state in the whole TI regime in Bi[Formula: see text] Sb[Formula: see text] points to a gap in our understanding of the detailed crystal and electronic structure evolution in this alloy system. |
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