Theory for the negative longitudinal magnetoresistance in the quantum limit of Kramers Weyl semimetals.
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Negative magnetoresistance is rare in non-magnetic materials. Recently, negative magnetoresistance has been observed in the quantum limit of β-Ag2Se, where only one band of Landau levels is occupied in a strong magnetic field parallel to the applied current. β-Ag2Se is a material that hosts a Kramers Weyl cone with band degeneracy near the Fermi energy. Kramers Weyl cones exist at time-reversal invariant momenta in all symmorphic chiral crystals, and at a subset of these momenta, including the Γ point, in non-symmorphic chiral crystals. Here, we present a theory for the negative magnetoresistance in the quantum limit of Kramers Weyl semimetals. We show that, although there is a band touching similar to those in Weyl semimetals, negative magnetoresistance can exist without a chiral anomaly. We find that it requires screened Coulomb scattering potentials between electrons and impurities, which is naturally the case in β-Ag2Se.
Date Issued
2018-12-19
Online Publication Date
2023-08-15T10:37:31Z
Date Acceptance
2018-10-26
ISSN
0953-8984
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Start Page
1
End Page
9
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Volume
30
Issue
50
Copyright Statement
© 2018 IOP Publishing Ltd
Identifier
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-648X/aaebed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30468150
Subjects
0204 Condensed Matter Physics
0912 Materials Engineering
1007 Nanotechnology
Fluids & Plasmas
Publication Status
Published
Country
England
Date Publish Online
2018-11-23