‘Hard’ crystalline lattice in the Weyl semimetal NbAs

Luo, Yongkang; Ghimire, N. J.; Bauer, E. D.; Thompson, J. D.; Ronning, F.

doi:10.1088/0953-8984/28/5/055502

Title: ‘Hard’ crystalline lattice in the Weyl semimetal NbAs

Journal Article · Thu Jan 14 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/28/5/055502· OSTI ID:1249050

Luo, Yongkang ^[1]; Ghimire, N. J. ^[2]; Bauer, E. D. ^[1]; Thompson, J. D. ^[1]; Ronning, F. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Here, we report the effect of hydrostatic pressure on the magnetotransport properties of the Weyl semimetal NbAs. Subtle changes can be seen in the ρ_xx(T) profiles with pressure up to 2.31 GPa. The Fermi surfaces undergo an anisotropic evolution under pressure: the extremal areas slightly increase in the k_x-k_y plane, but decrease in the k_z-k_y(k_x) plane. The topological features of the two pockets observed at atmospheric pressure, however, remain unchanged at 2.31 GPa. No superconductivity can be seen down to 0.3 K for all the pressures measured. By fitting the temperature dependence of specific heat to the Debye model, we obtain a small Sommerfeld coefficient γ₀=0.09(1) mJ (mol•K²)^-1 and a large Debye temperature, θ_D=450(9) K, confirming a 'hard' crystalline lattice that is stable under pressure. We also studied the Kadowaki–Woods ratio of this low-carrier-density massless system, R_KW=3.2 x 10⁴ μΩ cm mol2 K² J^-2. After we account for the small carrier density in NbAs, this R_KW indicates a suppressed transport scattering rate relative to other metals.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

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OSTI ID:: 1249050

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-28700

Journal Information:: Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter, Vol. 28, Issue 5; ISSN 0953-8984

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