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In this work, we investigate the emergence of Weyl points in an inversion symmetry-breaking 1T-NiTe$_2$ system. Through first-principles calculations based on the density functional theory combined with tight-binding methods, we find three…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-19 Marcos G. O. Junior , Augusto L. Araújo , Emmanuel V. C. Lopes , Tome M. Schmidt

A Weyl semimetal (WSM) is a novel topological phase of matter, in which Weyl fermions (WFs) arise as pseudo-magnetic monopoles in its momentum space. The chirality of the WFs, given by the sign of the monopole charge, is central to the Weyl…

Weyl semimetals (WSMs) are topological quantum states wherein the electronic bands linearly disperse around pairs of nodes, the Weyl points, of fixed (left or right) chirality. The recent discovery of WSM materials triggered an experimental…

Topological semimetal states having the minimal number, i.e., only a single pair, of Weyl points are desirable for the study of effects associated with chiral topological charges. So far, the search for such states is focused on magnetic…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-11-30 Xiaotian Wang , Feng Zhou , Zeying Zhang , Weikang Wu , Zhi-Ming Yu , Shengyuan A. Yang

We provide a manifestly topological classification scheme for generalised Weyl semimetals, in any spatial dimension and with arbitrary Weyl surfaces which may be non-trivially linked. The classification naturally incorporates that of Chern…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-22 Varghese Mathai , Guo Chuan Thiang

The Fermi surface topology of a Weyl semimetal (WSM) depends strongly on the position of the chemical potential. If it resides close to the band touching points (Weyl nodes), as it does in TaAs, separate Fermi surfaces of opposite chirality…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-02-22 K. A. Modic , Tobias Meng , Filip Ronning , Eric D. Bauer , Philip J. W. Moll , B. J. Ramshaw

We show that compounds in a family that possess time-reversal symmetry and share a non-centrosymmetric cubic structure with the space group F-43m (No. 216) host robust ideal Weyl semi-metal fermions with desirable topologically protected…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-09-13 R. Wang , J. Z. Zhao , Y. J. Jin , W. P. Xu , L. -Y. Gan , X. Z. Wu , H. Xu , S. Y. Tong

Weyl semimetals are gapless three-dimensional (3D) phases whose bandstructures contain Weyl point (WP) degeneracies. WPs carry topological charge and can only be eliminated by mutual annihilation, a process that generates the various…

How strong correlations and topology interplay is a topic of great current interest. In this perspective paper, we focus on correlation-driven gapless phases. We take the time-reversal symmetric Weyl semimetal as an example because it is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-08-02 Diana M. Kirschbaum , Monika Lužnik , Gwenvredig Le Roy , Silke Paschen

Weyl semimetals are gapless three-dimensional topological materials where two bands touch at even number of points in the Brillouin zone. In this work we study a zincblende lattice model realizing a time-reversal invariant Weyl semimetal.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-10 Teemu Ojanen

Quantum materials governed by emergent topological fermions have become a cornerstone of physics. Dirac fermions in graphene form the basis for moir\'e quantum matter, and Dirac fermions in magnetic topological insulators enabled the…

Topological materials have been a main focus of studies in the past decade due to their protected properties that can be exploited for the fabrication of new devices. Among them, Weyl semimetals are a class of topological semimetals with…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-02-05 Davide Grassano , Luca Binci , Nicola Marzari

Topological band theory has revolutionized our understanding of electronic structure of materials, in particular, a novel state - Weyl semimetal - has been predicted for systems with strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC). Here, a new class of…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-10-20 Yuanping Chen , Yuee Xie , Shengyuan A. Yang , Hui Pan , Fan Zhang , Marvin L. Cohen , Shengbai Zhang

Weyl semimetals in three-dimensional crystals provide the paradigm example of topologically protected band nodes. It is usually taken for granted that a pair of colliding Weyl points annihilate whenever they carry opposite chiral charge. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-09 Adrien Bouhon , QuanSheng Wu , Robert-Jan Slager , Hongming Weng , Oleg V. Yazyev , Tomáš Bzdušek

Magnetic topological semimetals (TSMs) are topological quantum materials with broken time-reversal symmetry (TRS) and isolated nodal points or lines near the Fermi level. Their topological properties would typically reveal from the…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-10-08 Jinyu Zou , Zhuoran He , Gang Xu

We have found a ferromagnetic Weyl semimetal (WSM) in half metallic Co$_3$Sn$_2$Se$_2$. The three pairs of Weyl points near Fermi level (E$_F$) are derived from nodal lines gapped by spin-orbit coupling (SOC). Though the Weyl points are…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-03-29 Qiunan Xu , Enke Liu , Wujun Shi , Lukas Muechler , Claudia Felser , Yan Sun

Weyl semimetals (WSMs) are three-dimensional topological materials that exhibit fascinating properties due to the presence of Weyl nodes in their band structure. However, existing WSMs discovered so far often possess multiple pairs of Weyl…

Topological semimetals are gapless states of matter which have robust and unique electromagnetic responses and surface states. In this paper, we consider semimetals which have point like Fermi surfaces in various spatial dimensions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-12 Srinidhi T. Ramamurthy , Taylor L. Hughes

The recent discovery of the first Weyl semimetal in TaAs provides the first observation of a Weyl fermion in nature and demonstrates a novel type of anomalous surface state, the Fermi arc. Like topological insulators, the bulk topological…

The study of interaction between electromagnetism and elementary particles is a long-standing topic in physics. Likewise, the connection between particle physics and emergent phenomena in condensed matter physics is a recurring theme and…