TY - JOUR
T1 - Weyl fermions induced magnon electrodynamics in a Weyl semimetal
AU - Hutasoit, Jimmy A.
AU - Zang, Jiadong
AU - Roiban, Radu
AU - Liu, Chao Xing
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 American Physical Society.
PY - 2014/10/13
Y1 - 2014/10/13
N2 - Weyl fermions, which are fermions with definite chiralities, can give rise to anomalous breaking of the symmetry of the physical system that they are a part of. In their (3+1)-dimensional realizations in condensed matter systems, i.e., the so-called Weyl semimetals, this anomaly gives rise to topological electromagnetic response of magnetic fluctuations, which takes the form of nonlocal interaction between magnetic fluctuations and electromagnetic fields. We study the physical consequences of this nonlocal interaction, including electric field assisted magnetization dynamics, an extra gapless magnon dispersion, and polariton behaviors that feature "sibling" bands in small magnetic fields.
AB - Weyl fermions, which are fermions with definite chiralities, can give rise to anomalous breaking of the symmetry of the physical system that they are a part of. In their (3+1)-dimensional realizations in condensed matter systems, i.e., the so-called Weyl semimetals, this anomaly gives rise to topological electromagnetic response of magnetic fluctuations, which takes the form of nonlocal interaction between magnetic fluctuations and electromagnetic fields. We study the physical consequences of this nonlocal interaction, including electric field assisted magnetization dynamics, an extra gapless magnon dispersion, and polariton behaviors that feature "sibling" bands in small magnetic fields.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.134409
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.134409
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84908032755
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 90
JO - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
JF - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
IS - 13
M1 - 134409
ER -