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Weyl fermions induced Magnon electrodynamics in Weyl semimetal

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2014-10-17 v2 Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Weyl fermions, which are fermions with definite chiralities, can give rise to anomalous breaking of the symmetry of the physical system which 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 non-local interaction between magnetic fluctuations and electromagnetic fields. We study the physical consequences of this non-local 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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@article{arxiv.1405.0491,
  title  = {Weyl fermions induced Magnon electrodynamics in Weyl semimetal},
  author = {Jimmy A. Hutasoit and Jiadong Zang and Radu Roiban and Chao-Xing Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.0491},
  year   = {2014}
}

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8 pages, 3 figures