Chiral anomaly and positive longitudinal magnetoresistance in the type-II Dirac semimetals $A_x$PdTe${}_2$ (\textit{A} = Cu, Ag)

Abstract

The Planar Hall effect (PHE) in topological materials has been a subject of great interest in recent years. Generally, it is understood to originate from the chiral-anomaly (CA) induced charge pumping between doubly degenerate Weyl nodes. However, the occurrence of PHE in the materials with positive and anisotropic orbital magnetoresistance has raised questions about CA being the sole origin of this effect. Here, we report the PHE, magnetoresistance, and thermal transport properties (Seebeck and Nernst coefficients) on the Ag intercalated PdTe${}_2$. We observe positive longitudinal magnetoresistance, the linear field dependence of the amplitude of PHE, and a prolate pattern in the parametric plots. The planar Hall resistivity and anisotropic magnetoresitance fits well with theoretical study of CA being the origin of PHE. So, our observations are consistent with Weyl physics dominating the PHE in PdTe${}_2$, Cu${}_{0.05}$PdTe${}_2$, and Ag${}_{0.05}$PdTe${}_2$. We further support our data with a theoretical model that reproduces the qualitative experimental features. In addition, we have calculated the Seebeck ($S$) and Nernst ($\nu$) coefficients for PdTe${}_2$ and Cu and Ag intercalated compounds. The estimated values of Fermi energy for the Cu and Ag intercalated compounds are respectively two times and three times larger than that of PdTe${}_2$.

arXiv comment16 pages, 16 figures

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