A Nernst current from the conformal anomaly in Dirac and Weyl semimetals

Abstract

We show that a conformal anomaly in Weyl/Dirac semimetals generates a bulk electric current perpendicular to a temperature gradient and the direction of a background magnetic field. The associated conductivity of this novel contribution to the Nernst effect is fixed by a beta function associated with the electric charge renormalization in the material.

arXiv comment6 pages including appendix, 1 figure

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