Large Topological Hall Effect and Spiral Magnetic Order in the Weyl Semimetal SmAlSi
Xiaohan Yao, Jonathan Gaudet, R. P. Verma, David Graf, Hung‐Yu Yang, Faranak Bahrami, Ruiqi Zhang, A. A. Aczel, Sujan Subedi, Darius H. Torchinsky, Jianwei Sun, Arun Bansil, Shin-Ming Huang, Bahadur Singh, Peter Blaha, Predrag Nikolić, Fazel Tafti
Abstract
The first demonstration of spiral magnetic order in a Weyl semimetal sets the stage for finding other materials with these structures, which could be used for high-density magnetic information storage.
Topics & Concepts
Weyl semimetalPhysicsSemimetalHall effectCondensed matter physicsOrder (exchange)Spiral (railway)Theoretical physicsMagnetic fieldTopology (electrical circuits)Quantum mechanicsBand gapMathematicsBusinessCombinatoricsFinanceMathematical analysisTopological Materials and PhenomenaMagnetic properties of thin filmsRare-earth and actinide compounds