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Quantum-oscillation-modulated angular dependences of the positive longitudinal magnetoconductivity and planar Hall effect in Weyl semimetals

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2019-05-08 v1

Abstract

We study the positive longitudinal magnetoconductivity (LMC) and planar Hall effect as emergent effects of the chiral anomaly in Weyl semimetals, following a recent-developed theory by integrating the Landau quantization with Boltzmann equation. It is found that, in the weak magnetic field regime, the LMC and planar Hall conductivity (PHC) obey cos6θ\cos^{6}\theta and cos5θsinθ\cos^{5}\theta\sin \theta dependences on the angle θ\theta between the magnetic and electric fields. For higher magnetic fields, the LMC and PHC cross over to cos2θ\cos^{2}\theta and cosθsinθ\cos\theta\sin\theta dependences, respectively. Interestingly, the PHC could exhibit quantum oscillations with varying θ\theta, due to the periodic-in-1/B1/B oscillations of the chiral chemical potential. When the magnetic and electric fields are noncollinear, the LMC and PHC will deviate from the classical BB-quadratic dependence, even in the weak magnetic field regime.

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@article{arxiv.1901.10067,
  title  = {Quantum-oscillation-modulated angular dependences of the positive longitudinal magnetoconductivity and planar Hall effect in Weyl semimetals},
  author = {Ming-Xun Deng and Hou-Jian Duan and Wei Luo and W. Y. Deng and Rui-Qiang Wang and L. Sheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.10067},
  year   = {2019}
}

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8 pages, 4 figures