Axionic charge-density wave in the Weyl semimetal (TaSe4)2I
Axionic charge-density wave in the Weyl semimetal (TaSe4)2I
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Axionic charge-density wave in the Weyl semimetal (TaSe4)2I
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Nature (London), 2019-11, Vol.575 (7782), p.315-319
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English
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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An axion insulator is a correlated topological phase, which is predicted to arise from the formation of a charge-density wave in a Weyl semimetal
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,
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—that is, a material in which electrons behave as massless chiral fermions. The accompanying sliding mode in the charge-density-wave phase—the phason—is an axion
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,
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and is...
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Axionic charge-density wave in the Weyl semimetal (TaSe4)2I
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TN_cdi_osti_scitechconnect_1802866
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_osti_scitechconnect_1802866
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0028-0836
E-ISSN
1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/s41586-019-1630-4
