Semiclassical magnetotransport including the effects of the Berry curvature and Lorentz force

Abstract

In topological semimetals and insulators, negative longitudinal magnetoresistance and angle-dependent planar Hall effect have been reported arising from the Berry curvature. Using the Boltzmann transport theory, we present a closed-form expression for the nonequilibrium distribution function which includes both the effects of the Berry curvature and Lorentz force. Using this formulation, we obtain analytical expressions for conductivity and resistivity tensors in Weyl semimetals demonstrating a non-monotonic field dependence arising from the competition between the two effects.

14 pages, 3 figures

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• Non-topological Origin of the Planar Hall Effect in Type-II Dirac Semimetal NiTe2
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• Effect of trivial bands on chiral anomaly-induced longitudinal magnetoconductivity in Weyl semimetals