Axion physics in condensed-matter systems

DM Nenno, CAC Garcia, J Gooth, C Felser… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Axions are hypothetical particles that were proposed to solve the strong charge–parity
problem in high-energy physics. Although they have long been known in quantum field …

High-throughput calculations of magnetic topological materials

Y Xu, L Elcoro, ZD Song, BJ Wieder, MG Vergniory… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The discoveries of intrinsically magnetic topological materials, including semimetals with a
large anomalous Hall effect and axion insulators,–, have directed fundamental research in …

Intrinsic magnetic topological materials

Y Wang, F Zhang, M Zeng, H Sun, Z Hao, Y Cai… - Frontiers of …, 2023 - Springer
Topological states of matter possess bulk electronic structures categorized by topological
invariants and edge/surface states due to the bulk-boundary correspondence. Topological …

Light control with Weyl semimetals

C Guo, VS Asadchy, B Zhao, S Fan - Elight, 2023 - Springer
Weyl semimetals are topological materials whose electron quasiparticles obey the Weyl
equation. They possess many unusual properties that may lead to new applications. This is …

Axion-field-enabled nonreciprocal thermal radiation in Weyl semimetals

B Zhao, C Guo, CAC Garcia, P Narang, S Fan - Nano letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Objects around us constantly emit and absorb thermal radiation. The emission and
absorption processes are governed by two fundamental radiative properties: emissivity and …

Recipe for single-pair-Weyl-points phonons carrying the same chiral charges

G Ding, C **e, J Bai, Z Cheng, X Wang, W Wu - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Recently, Wang et al.[Phys. Rev. B 106, 195129 (2022) 2469-9950 10.1103/PhysRevB.
106.195129] challenged a widely held belief in the field of Weyl physics, demonstrating that …

Ab initio overestimation of the topological region in Eu-based compounds

G Cuono, RM Sattigeri, C Autieri, T Dietl - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
An underestimation of the fundamental band gap values by the density functional theory
within the local density approximation and associated approaches is a well-known …

Single pair of multi-Weyl points in nonmagnetic crystals

X Wang, F Zhou, Z Zhang, W Wu, ZM Yu, SA Yang - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Topological semimetal states having the minimal number, ie, only a single pair, of Weyl
points are desirable for the study of effects associated with chiral topological charges. So far …

High-rectification near-field radiative thermal diode using Weyl semimetals

Y Hu, H Liu, B Yang, K Shi, M Antezza, X Wu… - Physical Review Materials, 2023 - APS
Thermal diodes, which allow heat transfer in a preferential direction while being blocked in a
reverse direction, have numerous applications in thermal management, information …

Nonlinear spin Hall effect in -symmetric collinear magnets

S Hayami, M Yatsushiro, H Kusunose - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We theoretically investigate a nonlinear spin Hall effect in PT-symmetric antiferromagnetic
metals, which serve as an efficient spin current generator. We elucidate that an emergent …