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Weyl semimetal phase in solid-solution narrow-gap semiconductors

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2016-04-13 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

We theoretically investigate ferromagnetic ordering in magnetically doped solid-solution narrow-gap semiconductors with the strong spin-orbit interaction such as Cr-doped Bi2_2(Sex_xTe1x_{1-x})3_3. We compute the spontaneous magnetization of impurities and itinerant electrons, and estimate the critical temperature as a function of the concentration of magnetic dopants and the strength of the spin-orbit interaction. It is found that the critical temperature is proportional to the concentration of dopants and enhanced with the strong spin-orbit interaction. It is also found that the ferromagnetic transition could make the system turn to the Weyl semimetal which possesses a pair of Weyl points separating in the momentum space.

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@article{arxiv.1404.5132,
  title  = {Weyl semimetal phase in solid-solution narrow-gap semiconductors},
  author = {Daichi Kurebayashi and Kentaro Nomura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.5132},
  year   = {2016}
}

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5 pages, 5 figures

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