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Magnus Hall Effect

arXiv:1904.00013 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.216802

Abstract

A new type of linear response Hall effect is predicted in time-reversal-invariant systems with built-in electric field at zero magnetic field. The Hall response results from a quantum Magnus effect where a self-rotating Bloch electron wavepacket moving under electric field develops an anomalous velocity in the transverse direction. We show that in the ballistic limit the Magnus Hall conductance measures the distribution of Berry curvature on the Fermi surface.

5+2 pages, 3+3 figures

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