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Robust Type-II Weyl Semimetal Phase in Transition Metal Diphosphides XP2 (X = Mo, W)

Autes, G.  
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Gresch, D.
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Troyer, M.
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2016
Physical Review Letters

The recently discovered type-II Weyl points appear at the boundary between electron and hole pockets. Type-II Weyl semimetals that host such points are predicted to exhibit a new type of chiral anomaly and possess thermodynamic properties very different from their type-I counterparts. In this Letter, we describe the prediction of a type-II Weyl semimetal phase in the transition metal diphosphides MoP2 and WP2. These materials are characterized by relatively simple band structures with four pairs of type-II Weyl points. Neighboring Weyl points have the same chirality, which makes the predicted topological phase robust with respect to small perturbations of the crystalline lattice. In addition, this peculiar arrangement of the Weyl points results in long topological Fermi arcs, thus making them readily accessible in angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.066402
Web of Science ID

WOS:000380966400008

Author(s)
Autes, G.  
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Gresch, D.
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Troyer, M.
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Soluyanov, A. A.
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Yazyev, O. V.  
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

Amer Physical Soc

Published in
Physical Review Letters
Volume

117

Issue

6

Article Number

066402

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REVIEWED

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October 18, 2016
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