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Prediction of spin polarized Fermi arcs in quasiparticle interference in CeBi
Ames Laboratory Accepted Manuscripts
  • Zhao Huang, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Christopher Lane, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Chao Cao, Hangzhou Normal University
  • Guo-Xiang Zhi, Zhejiang University
  • Yu Liu, Harvard University
  • Christian E. Matt, Harvard University
  • Brinda Kuthanazhi, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Paul C. Canfield, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Dmitry Yarotski, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • A. J. Taylor, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Jian-Xin Zhu, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Publication Date
12-31-2020
Department
Ames Laboratory; Physics and Astronomy
OSTI ID+
1760613, 1769021
Report Number
IS-J 10431
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.102.235167
Journal Title
Physical Review B
Abstract

We predict that CeBi in the ferromagnetic state is a Weyl semimetal. Our calculations within density functional theory show the existence of two pairs of Weyl nodes on the momentum path (0,0,kz) at 15meV above and 100meV below the Fermi level. Two corresponding Fermi arcs are obtained on surfaces of mirror-symmetric (010)-oriented slabs at E=15meV and both arcs are interrupted into three segments due to hybridization with a set of trivial surface bands. By studying the spin texture of surface states, we find the two Fermi arcs are strongly spin polarized but in opposite directions, which can be detected by spin-polarized ARPES measurements. Our theoretical study of quasiparticle interference (QPI) for a nonmagnetic impurity at the Bi site also reveals several features related to the Fermi arcs. Specifically, we predict that the spin polarization of the Fermi arcs leads to a bifurcation-shaped feature only in the spin-dependent QPI spectrum, serving as a fingerprint of the Weyl nodes.

DOE Contract Number(s)
89233218CNA000001
Language
en
Publisher
Iowa State University Digital Repository, Ames IA (United States)
Citation Information
Zhao Huang, Christopher Lane, Chao Cao, Guo-Xiang Zhi, et al.. "Prediction of spin polarized Fermi arcs in quasiparticle interference in CeBi" Vol. 102 Iss. 23 (2020) p. 235167
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/paul_canfield/445/