Structural investigation of a possible magnetically-induced Weyl semi-metal

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One of the major themes in solid-state physics is the realisation of exotic types of relativistic electrons which travel at speeds much slower than the speed of light. These electrons live in crystals with very specific structural properties. One such material is the Weyl semi-metal, which was discovered in 2015. Soon after, there were reports of a second type of Weyl semi-metal which forms through a very specific type of magnetic order. The compound YbMnBi2 is a candidate for this type of Weyl semi-metal. The presence of Weyl electrons in YbMnBi2 is indicated by experiments that probe the electronic structure, but up to now there is no confirmation that the necessary type of magnetic order is present. We shall use the Wish diffractometer to investigate the structural and magnetic properties of YbMnBi2. We aim to establish conclusively whether or not YbMnBi2 is a Weyl semi-metal.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.87814606
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/87814606
Provenance
Creator Dr Henrik Jacobsen; Dr Jian Rui Soh; Dr Pascal Manuel; Professor Andrew Boothroyd
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2021
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-02-23T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-02-26T00:31:54Z