The 36th QLC seminar

Speaker：Dr. Gaku EGUCHI (Institute of Solid State Physics, TU Wien)
Date & Time : Wednesday, March 1, 2023.　15:00～
Place：2B6, Kibanto, Shin-ryoiki, Kashiwa Campus, The University of Tokyo（東京大学　柏キャンパス　基盤棟　物質系講義室（2B6））
※If you wish to join this seminar, please mail to Prof. Shibauchi ( shibauchi[at]k.u-tokyo.ac.jp ).

Title：Weyl Kondo semimetal
Abstract：
　The past decade has seen a wealth of investigations on materials that are considered as topological semimetals and insulators. Their electronic structures harbor band cross-ings that are stabilized by certain symmetries. The relevant bulk or surface excitations are Dirac or Weyl quasiparticles as opposed to Schrödinger quasiparticles in “ normal ” (topologically trivial) solids. In the by far best studied regime of noninteracting or weakly interacting topological materials, key characterization tools are ARPES and quantum os-cillation experiments together with density functional theory. In the recently evidenced strong correlation regime, by contrast, these tools fail and new ones have been put forward such as specific heat and giant spontaneous Hall effect [1-3].
　In this talk, thermodynamic and transport signatures of the Weyl Kondo semimetal Ce₃Bi₄Pd₃ will be presented. Small deviations from the ideal stoichiometry lead significant changes in physical properties. We discuss in detail the preparation of high-quality single crystals, as well as the specific properties of real topological materials and the effects of electronic correlations. If time permits, the study of topological bands in areas close to applications, such as giant thermoelectric performance and macroscopic nonequilibrium transport, will also be presented [4-6].

[1] L. Chen et al., Nature Physics 18, 1341-1346 (2022).
[2] S. Dzsaber et al., Nature Commun. 13:5749 (2022).
[3] S. Dzsaber et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.U.S.A. 118, e2013386118 (2021).
[4] F. Le Mardele et al., arXiv:2301.06389v1 (2023).
[5] M. Taupin et al., arXiv:2010.10620v1 (2020).
[6] B. Hinterleitner et al., Nature 576, 84-90 (2020).

Committee Chair :Takasada SHIBAUCHI（The University of Tokyo）