Magnetotransport phenomena related to the chiral anomaly in Weyl semimetals
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- 4 February 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 93 (8), 085107
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.93.085107
Abstract
We present a theory of magnetotransport phenomena related to the chiral anomaly in Weyl semimetals. We show that conductivity, thermal conductivity, thermoelectric, and the sound absorption coefficients exhibit strong and anisotropic magnetic field dependencies. We also discuss properties of magnetoplasmons and magnetopolaritons, whose existences are entirely determined by the chiral anomaly. Finally, we discuss the conditions of applicability of the quasiclassical description of electron transport phenomena related to the chiral anomaly.Keywords
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- U.S. Department of Energy (DE-FG02-07ER46452)
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