Large magnetoresistance in the antiferromagnetic semimetal NdSb

Wakeham, N.; Bauer, E. D.; Neupane, M.; Ronning, F.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.205152

Title: Large magnetoresistance in the antiferromagnetic semimetal NdSb

Journal Article · Fri May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.205152· OSTI ID:1409760

Wakeham, N. ^[1]; Bauer, E. D. ^[1]; Neupane, M. ^[2]; Ronning, F. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States). Dept. of Physics

There has been considerable interest in topological semimetals that exhibit extreme magnetoresistance (XMR). These have included materials lacking inversion symmetry such as TaAs, as well Dirac semimetals such as Cd₃As₂. However, it was reported recently that LaSb and LaBi also exhibit XMR, even though the rocksalt structure of these materials has inversion symmetry, and the band-structure calculations do not show a Dirac dispersion in the bulk. In this paper, we present magnetoresistance and specific-heat measurements on NdSb, which is isostructural with LaSb. NdSb has an antiferromagnetic ground state and, in analogy with the lanthanum monopnictides, is expected to be a topologically nontrivial semimetal. We show that NdSb has an XMR of ~10⁴%, even within the antiferromagnetic state, illustrating that XMR can occur independently of the absence of time-reversal symmetry breaking in zero magnetic field. The persistence of XMR in a magnetic system offers the promise of new functionality when combining topological matter with electronic correlations. Finally, we also find that in an applied magnetic field below the Néel temperature there is a first-order transition, consistent with evidence from previous neutron scattering work.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); LANL Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

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OSTI ID:: 1409760

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1254680

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-16-21357

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 93, Issue 20; ISSN 2469-9950

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