Electron-hole pairing of Fermi-arc surface states in a Weyl-semimetal bilayer
| Autor: | Paolo Michetti, Carsten Timm |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Physics
Condensed matter physics Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Bilayer Quantum oscillations Weyl semimetal FOS: Physical sciences Position and momentum space 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Curvature 01 natural sciences Pairing 0103 physical sciences Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) Coulomb 010306 general physics 0210 nano-technology Surface states |
| Popis: | The topological nature of Weyl semimetals (WSMs) is corroborated by the presence of chiral surface states, which connect the projections of the bulk Weyl points by Fermi arcs (FAs). We study a bilayer structure realized by introducing a thin insulating spacer into a bulk WSM. Employing a self-consistent mean-field description of the interlayer Coulomb interaction, we propose that this system can develop an interlayer electron-hole pair condensate. The formation of this excitonic condensate leads to partial gapping of the FA dispersion. We obtain the dependence of the energy gap and the critical temperature on the model parameters, finding, in particular, a linear scaling of these quantities with the separation between the Weyl points in momentum space. A detrimental role is played by the curvature of the FAs, although the pairing persists for moderately small curvature. A signature of the condensate is the modification of the quantum oscillations involving the surface FAs. 10 pages, 10 figures |
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