Experimental signatures of versatile Weyl semimetal in pyrochlore iridate with spin-ice like magnetic orders

Abstract

We report experimental signatures of topological transitions among the Weyl semimetal states of pyrochlore Pr2Ir2O7, where the Kondo coupling between the Ir topological electrons and the spin-ice like orders of Pr moments plays a decisive role. The magnetic-field dependence of resistivity and the Hall conductivity exhibits a plateau and a sharp jump associated with a magnetic-field hysteresis, similar to a liquid-gas-like transition in dipolar spin ice system. Furthermore, the Kondo coupling is controlled by the hydrostatic pressure, revealing that the field-induced displacement of Weyl points in the momentum space strongly depends on the respective electronic state as well as on the Kondo coupling strength. These observations pave a route toward the engineering of band topology in hybrid quantum materials with relativistic conduction electrons and localized magnetic moments.

References in corpus (7)

• Discovery of a quantum limit Chern magnet TbMn6Sn6
• Theoretical prediction of a strongly correlated Dirac metal
• Theory of the [111] magnetization plateau in spin ice
• Disordered Route to the Coulomb Quantum Spin Liquid: Random Transverse Fields on Spin Ice in Pr${}_2$Zr${}_2$O${}_7$
• Pinch Points and Kasteleyn Transitions: How Spin Ice Changes its Entropy
• Kagomé ice state in the dipolar spin ice Dy_{2}Ti_{2}O_{7}
• Topology and Interactions in a Frustrated Slab: Tuning from Weyl Semimetals to C > 1 Fractional Chern Insulators

Cited by in corpus (6)

• Magnetotransport of single crystal Sm${}_2$Ir${}_2$O${}_7$ across the pressure-induced quantum-critical phase boundary
• Metal-insulator transitions in pyrochlore oxides
• Quasiuniversality from all-in-all-out Weyl quantum criticality in pyrochlore iridates
• Optical conductivity of the metallic pyrochlore iridate Pr${}_2$Ir${}_2$O${}_7$: Influence of spin-orbit coupling and electronic correlations on the electronic structure
• Highly anisotropic geometrical Hall effect via f-d exchange fields in doped pyrochlore molybdates
• Visualization of spin-orbit entangled 4f electrons in crystalline materials