Magnetotransport study of Dirac fermions in YbMnBi2 antiferromagnet

  • Aifeng Wang
  • , I. Zaliznyak
  • , Weijun Ren
  • , Lijun Wu
  • , D. Graf
  • , V. O. Garlea
  • , J. B. Warren
  • , E. Bozin
  • , Yimei Zhu
  • , C. Petrovic

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    Abstract

    We report quantum transport and Dirac fermions in YbMnBi2 single crystals. YbMnBi2 is a layered material with anisotropic conductivity and magnetic order below 290 K. Magnetotransport properties, nonzero Berry phase, and small cyclotron mass indicate the presence of Dirac fermions. Angular-dependent magnetoresistance indicates a possible quasi-two-dimensional Fermi surface, whereas the deviation from the nontrivial Berry phase expected for Dirac states suggests the contribution of parabolic bands at the Fermi level or spin-orbit coupling.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number165161
    JournalPhysical Review B
    Volume94
    Issue number16
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Oct 24 2016

    Funding

    Work at BNL was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy-BES, Division of Materials Science and Engineering, under Contract No. DE-SC0012704. Work at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory is supported by the NSF Cooperative Agreement No. DMR-0654118, and by the state of Florida. Work at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory was sponsored by the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy. X-ray scattering data were collected at the 28-ID-C x-ray powder diffraction beam line at National Synchrotron Light Source II at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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