Weyl semimetal phase in the non-centrosymmetric compound TaAs

Nature Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 728-732

  Yang, L X ^a,b,c   Liu, Z K ^d,e   Sun, Y ^f   Peng, H ^b   Yang, H F ^b,g   Zhang, T ^a,b   Zhou, B ^b,c   Zhang, Y ^c   Guo, Y F ^b   Rahn, M ^b   Prabhakaran, D ^b   Hussain, Z ^c   Mo, S K ^c   Felser, C ^f   Yan, B ^e,f   Chen, Y L ^a,b,d,e  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

^g SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; QUANTUM THEORY; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; TOPOLOGY;

ANGLE RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ANOMALOUS HALL EFFECTS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; MOMENTUM DIRECTION; NEGATIVE MAGNETO-RESISTANCE; NON-CENTROSYMMETRIC; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

TANTALUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84940797164     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3425     Document Type: Article

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