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Fermi surface studies of a non-trivial topological compound YSi

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2021-06-15 v2 Materials Science

Abstract

The Fermi surface properties of a nontrivial system YSi is investigated by de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) oscillation measurements combined with the first-principle calculations. Three main frequencies (α\alpha, β\beta, γ\gamma) are probed up to 1414~T magnetic field in dHvA oscillations. The α\alpha-branch corresponding to 2121~T frequency possesses non-trivial topological character with π\pi Berry phase and a linear dispersion along Γ\Gamma to ZZ direction with a small effective mass of 0.069 me0.069~m_e with second-lowest Landau-level up to 1414~T. For B B~\parallel~[010] direction, the 295~T frequency exhibits non-trivial 2D2D character with 1.24π1.24\pi Berry phase and a high Fermi velocity of 6.7×1056.7 \times 10^5~ms1^{-1}. The band structure calculations reveal multiple nodal crossings in the vicinity of Fermi energy EfE_f without spin-orbit coupling (SOC). Inclusion of SOC opens a small gap in the nodal crossings and results in nonsymmorphic symmetry enforced Dirac points at some high symmetry points, suggesting YSi to be a symmetry enforced topological metal.

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@article{arxiv.2102.04113,
  title  = {Fermi surface studies of a non-trivial topological compound YSi},
  author = {Vikas Saini and Souvik Sasmal and Ruta Kulkarni and Bahadur Singh and A. Thamizhavel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.04113},
  year   = {2021}
}

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6 pages, 5 figures