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Observation of a singular Weyl point surrounded by charged nodal walls in PtGa

Ma, J. -Z.
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Wu, Q. -S.  
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Song, M.
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June 28, 2021
Nature Communications

Constrained by the Nielsen-Ninomiya no-go theorem, in all so-far experimentally determined Weyl semimetals (WSMs) the Weyl points (WPs) always appear in pairs in the momentum space with no exception. As a consequence, Fermi arcs occur on surfaces which connect the projections of the WPs with opposite chiral charges. However, this situation can be circumvented in the case of unpaired WP, without relevant surface Fermi arc connecting its surface projection, appearing singularly, while its Berry curvature field is absorbed by nontrivial charged nodal walls. Here, combining angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy with density functional theory calculations, we show experimentally that a singular Weyl point emerges in PtGa at the center of the Brillouin zone (BZ), which is surrounded by closed Weyl nodal walls located at the BZ boundaries and there is no Fermi arc connecting its surface projection. Our results reveal that nontrivial band crossings of different dimensionalities can emerge concomitantly in condensed matter, while their coexistence ensures the net topological charge of different dimensional topological objects to be zero. Our observation extends the applicable range of the original Nielsen-Ninomiya no-go theorem which was derived from zero dimensional paired WPs with opposite chirality. In all experimentally observed Weyl semimetals so far, the Weyl points always appear in pairs in the momentum space. Here, the authors report one unpaired Weyl point without surface Fermi arc emerging at the center of the Brillouin zone, which is surrounded by charged Weyl nodal walls in PtGa.

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DOI
10.1038/s41467-021-24289-0
Web of Science ID

WOS:000669944900004

Author(s)
Ma, J. -Z.
Wu, Q. -S.  
Song, M.
Zhang, S. -N.  
Guedes, E. B.
Ekahana, S. A.
Krivenkov, M.
Yao, M. Y.
Gao, S. -Y.
Fan, W. -H.
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Date Issued

2021-06-28

Publisher

Nature Research

Published in
Nature Communications
Volume

12

Issue

1

Article Number

3994

Subjects

Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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total-energy calculations

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neutrinos

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semimetal

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absence

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lattice

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REVIEWED

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July 31, 2021
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