Observation of unconventional chiral fermions with long Fermi arcs in CoSi
文献类型：期刊论文
| 作者 | Rao, ZC; Li, H; Zhang, TT; Tian, SJ; Li, CH; Fu, BB; Tang, CY; Wang, L; Li, ZL; Fan, WH |
| 刊名 | NATURE
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| 出版日期 | 2019 |
| 卷号 | 567期号:7749页码:496—+ |
| ISSN号 | 0028-0836 |
| 关键词 | SEMIMETAL DISCOVERY |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41586-019-1031-8 |
| 文献子类 | 期刊论文 |
| 英文摘要 | Chirality-the geometric property of objects that do not coincide with their mirror image-is found in nature, for example, in molecules, crystals, galaxies and life forms. In quantum field theory, the chirality of a massless particle is defined by whether the directions of its spin and motion are parallel or antiparallel. Although massless chiral fermions-Weyl fermions-were predicted 90 years ago, their existence as fundamental particles has not been experimentally confirmed. However, their analogues have been observed as quasiparticles in condensed matter systems. In addition to Weyl fermions(1-4), theorists have proposed a number of unconventional (that is, beyond the standard model) chiral fermions in condensed matter systems(5-8), but direct experimental evidence of their existence is still lacking. Here, by using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we reveal two types of unconventional chiral fermion-spin-1 and charge-2 fermions-at the band-crossing points near the Fermi level in CoSi. The projections of these chiral fermions on the (001) surface are connected by giant Fermi arcs traversing the entire surface Brillouin zone. These chiral fermions are enforced at the centre or corner of the bulk Brillouin zone by the crystal symmetries, making CoSi a system with only one pair of chiral nodes with large separation in momentum space and extremely long surface Fermi arcs, in sharp contrast to Weyl semimetals, which have multiple pairs of Weyl nodes with small separation. Our results confirm the existence of unconventional chiral fermions and provide a platform for exploring the physical properties associated with chiral fermions. |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.sinap.ac.cn/handle/331007/31738]  |
| 专题 | 上海应用物理研究所_中科院上海应用物理研究所2011-2017年 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Ctr Excellence Topol Quantum Computat, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing Natl Lab Condensed Matter Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China; 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China; 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China; 5.Renmin Univ China, Dept Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China; 6.Renmin Univ China, Beijing Key Lab Optoelect Funct Mat & Micronano D, Beijing, Peoples R China; 7.Peking Univ, Beijing Key Lab Quantum Devices, State Key Lab Artificial Microstruct & Mesoscop P, Beijing, Peoples R China; 8.Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Appl Phys, Shanghai Synchrotron Radiat Facil, Shanghai, Peoples R China; 9.Songshan Lake Mat Lab, Dongguan, Peoples R China; |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Rao, ZC,Li, H,Zhang, TT,et al. Observation of unconventional chiral fermions with long Fermi arcs in CoSi[J]. NATURE,2019,567(7749):496—+. |
| APA | Rao, ZC.,Li, H.,Zhang, TT.,Tian, SJ.,Li, CH.,...&Ding, H.(2019).Observation of unconventional chiral fermions with long Fermi arcs in CoSi.NATURE,567(7749),496—+. |
| MLA | Rao, ZC,et al."Observation of unconventional chiral fermions with long Fermi arcs in CoSi".NATURE 567.7749(2019):496—+. |
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