Chiral electronic excitations and strong electron-phonon coupling to Weyl fermions in the kagome semimetal <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Co</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <
Near a Weyl point, spin-momentum locking forces opposite spin orientations above and below the node. When a Weyl point lies near the Fermi surface, electrons can scatter across it only by flipping spin, thereby breaking time-reversal symmetry. This process appears exclusively in the antisymmetric $A$${}_{2g}$ Raman channel. The authors observe here enhanced $A$${}_{2g}$ intensity below the ferromagnetic transition of Co${}_{3}$Sn${}_{2}$S${}_{2}$, providing strong evidence for Weyl points. Furthermore, the calculated resonant $A$${}_{2g}$ response shows qualitative agreement with experiment.
Authors
- R. Hackl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6751-0879)
- Daniel Jost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7327-7789)
- Thomas Devereaux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8072-9237)
- Emily Been (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2246-7336)
- Ge He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5181-4923)
- Andreas Baum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9414-8801)
- Zhongchen Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2438-4734)
- Malhar Kute (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1436-4564)
- Brian Moritz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3747-8484)
- Leander Peis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2341-9296)
- Jun Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6767-5967)
- Youguo Shi
- Ramona Stumberger
Institutions
- Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (DE)
- Beijing Institute of Technology (CN)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- University College Cork (IE)
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (DE)
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory (CN)
- Institute of Physics (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2025-11-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/wkzr-vfgn
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.25