Negative thermal magnetoresistivity as a signature of chiral anomaly in Weyl superconductors

Abstract

We propose that chiral anomaly of Weyl superconductors gives rise to negative thermal magnetoresistivity induced by emergent magnetic fields, which are generated by vortex textures of order parameters or lattice strain. We establish this scenario by combining the argument based on Berry curvatures, and the quasi-classical theory of the Eilenberger equation with quantum corrections arising from inhomogeneous structures. It is found that the chiral anomaly contribution of the thermal conductivity exhibits characteristic temperature dependence, which can be a smoking-gun signature of this effect.

arXiv comment10 pages, 3 figures, the version accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters

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