Linear magnetochiral effect in Weyl semimetals

Abstract

We suggest the possibility of a linear magnetochiral effect in time reversal breaking Weyl semimetals. Generically the magnetochiral effect consists in a simultaneous linear dependence of the magnetotransport coefficients with the magnetic field and a momentum vector. This simultaneous dependence is allowed by the Onsager reciprocity relations, being the separation vector between the Weyl nodes the vector that plays such role. As a side consequence, we find a non vanishing positive longitudinal magnetoconductivity at Fermi energies above the point where the chirality of the Weyl nodes is globally lost.

arXiv commentUpdated version with expanded supplemental material and new references added. First version submitted to PRL on 05/July/2016. Second version transferred to PRB on 23/September/2016

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