Research report 2018 - Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids

Evidence for Weyl fermions by the local nuclear magnetic resonance techniques

Authors
Baenitz, Michael
Departments
Physik der Quantenmaterie
Summary
Tantalum has one of the largest quadrupole moments among all elements which makes it a rather useful local probe for excitations of Weyl fermions in the new Weyl semimetal TaP. We found three NQR lines in a good agreement with theoretical calculations including spin orbit coupling. The temperature dependence of the spin lattice relaxation rate is attributed to the magnetic excitations at the Weyl nodes and a good agreement with predictions from theory could be found. The microscopic magnetic resonance techniques therefore provide new insides into the class of Weyl semimetals.

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