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Fermi surface interconnectivity and topology in Weyl fermion semimetals TaAs, TaP, NbAs, and NbP

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
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  1. National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore). Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre; National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore). Dept. of Physics
  2. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Lab. for Topological Quantum Matter and Spectroscopy, Dept. of Physics
  3. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Lab. for Topological Quantum Matter and Spectroscopy, Dept. of Physics; Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  4. National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore). Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre; National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore). Dept. of Physics; Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States). Dept. of Physics
  5. Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States). Dept. of Physics
  6. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Lab. for Topological Quantum Matter and Spectroscopy, Dept. of Physics; Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Princeton Center for Complex Materials, Princeton Inst. for the Science and Technology of Materials

The family of binary compounds including TaAs, TaP, NbAs, and NbP was recently discovered as the first realization of Weyl semimetals. In order to develop a comprehensive description of the charge carriers in these Weyl semimetals, we performed detailed and systematic electronic band structure calculations which reveal the nature of Fermi surfaces and their complex interconnectivity in TaAs, TaP, NbAs, and NbP. In conclusion, our work reports a comparative and comprehensive study of Fermi surface topology and band structure details of all known members of the Weyl semimetal family and hence provides the fundamental knowledge for realizing the many predicted exotic topological quantum physics of Weyl semimetals based on the TaAs class of materials.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396; FG02-05ER46200; FG02-07ER46352; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1415373
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1227333
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--17-22207
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Journal Issue: 23 Vol. 92; ISSN 1098-0121; ISSN PRBMDO
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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