Exceptional Heavy-Fermion Semimetals in Three Dimensions

Abstract

Topological heavy-fermion systems in three dimensions are usually classified as topological insulators or semimetals. Here, we theoretically predict a different type of heavy-fermion system (dubbed exceptional heavy-fermion semimetal) by studying a three-dimensional periodic Anderson model consisting of strongly correlated localized $f$ electrons and itinerant conduction $c$ electrons in a zincblende lattice. Due to the breaking of inversion symmetry, the quasiparticle lifetimes at different sublattices are distinct, leading to the emergence of Weyl exceptional rings in the complex pole of the Green's function at finite temperatures; such rings lead to the appearance of bounded Fermi surfaces (bulk Fermi disks). As temperatures rise, two pairs of Weyl exceptional rings merge into two exceptional rings with one bounded bulk Fermi surface (bulk Fermi tube), which are experimentally measurable by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Finally, we use the dynamical mean field theory to calculate the spectral functions which illustrate the emergence of bulk Fermi tubes. Our work thus opens the door for studying exceptional heavy-fermion semimetal phases in three dimensions.

13 pages, 11 figures, published version

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