Observation of the chiral-anomaly-induced negative magnetoresistance: In 3D Weyl semimetal TaAs

Physical Review X

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Huang, Xiaochun ^a   Zhao, Lingxiao ^a   Long, Yujia ^a   Wang, Peipei ^a   Chen, Dong ^a   Yang, Zhanhai ^a   Liang, Hui ^a   Xue, Mianqi ^a   Weng, Hongming ^a,b   Fang, Zhong ^a,b   Dai, Xi ^a,b   Chen, Genfu ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Condensed matter physics; Materials science; Topological insulators

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MATERIALS SCIENCE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; NEGATIVE MAGNETO-RESISTANCE; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SHUBNIKOV-DE-HAAS OSCILLATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALOG; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA; WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84942523149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.5.031023     Document Type: Article

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