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Magnetic structure of the topological semimetal YbMnSb2

Soh, Jian-Rui  
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Tobin, Siobhan M.
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Su, Hao
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October 5, 2021
Physical Review B

The antiferromagnetic (AFM) semimetal YbMnSb2 has recently been identified as a candidate topological material, driven by time-reversal symmetry breaking. Depending on the ordered arrangement of Mn spins below the Neel temperature, T-N = 345K, the electronic bands near the Fermi energy can either have a Dirac node, a Weyl node, or a nodal line. We have investigated the ground state magnetic structure of YbMnSb2 using unpolarized and polarized single crystal neutron diffraction. We find that the Mn moments lie along the c axis of the P4/nmm space group and are arranged in a C-type AFM structure, which implies the existence of gapped Dirac nodes near the Fermi level. The results highlight how different magnetic structures can critically affect the topological nature of fermions in semimetals.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.104.L161103
Web of Science ID

WOS:000705624000006

Author(s)
Soh, Jian-Rui  
Tobin, Siobhan M.
Su, Hao
Zivkovic, Ivica  
Ouladdiaf, Bachir
Stunault, Anne
Rodriguez-Velamazan, J. Alberto
Beauvois, Ketty
Guo, Yanfeng
Boothroyd, Andrew T.
Date Issued

2021-10-05

Publisher

AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Published in
Physical Review B
Volume

104

Issue

16

Article Number

L161103

Subjects

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Physics, Applied

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Physics, Condensed Matter

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Materials Science

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Physics

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