Weyl nodes in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>Ce</mml:mi><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mi>Bi</mml:mi><mml:mn>4</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mi>Pd</mml:mi><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:
Experimental studies have found unusual transport properties in <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><a:mrow><a:msub><a:mi>Ce</a:mi><a:mn>3</a:mn></a:msub><a:msub><a:mi>Bi</a:mi><a:mn>4</a:mn></a:msub><a:msub><a:mi>Pd</a:mi><a:mn>3</a:mn></a:msub></a:mrow></a:math> which are potentially a consequence of the interplay between band-structure topology and electronic correlations. Based on these measurements, the existence of Weyl points in strongly renormalized, flat quasiparticle bands has been postulated. However, so far there has been neither a direct spectroscopic observation of these nor a calculation from first principles that would confirm their existence close to the Fermi energy. Here we present density functional theory and dynamical mean-field theory calculations and study the low-energy excitations and their topological properties. We find that the Kondo effect promotes two out of the six angular momentum <b:math xmlns:b="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><b:mrow><b:mi>J</b:mi><b:mo>=</b:mo><b:mn>5</b:mn><b:mo>/</b:mo><b:mn>2</b:mn></b:mrow></b:math> states, with the other four pushed to higher energies. Further, we find Weyl nodes close to the Fermi energy as previously suggested for explaining the observed giant spontaneous Hall effect in <c:math xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><c:mrow><c:msub><c:mi>Ce</c:mi><c:mn>3</c:mn></c:msub><c:msub><c:mi>Bi</c:mi><c:mn>4</c:mn></c:msub><c:msub><c:mi>Pd</c:mi><c:mn>3</c:mn></c:msub></c:mrow></c:math> as well as nodal lines. Published by the American Physical Society 2024
Authors
- Jan M. Tomczak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1581-8799)
- Karsten Held (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5984-8549)
- Martin Braß (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4347-6987)
Institutions
- TU Wien (AT)
- King's College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Research
- Published
- 2024-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.033227
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Rare-earth and actinide compounds
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.62
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Austrian Science Fund