Connecting the avoided quantum critical point to the magic-angle transition in three-dimensional Weyl semimetals

Abstract

We theoretically study the interplay of short-ranged random and quasiperiodic static potentials on the low-energy properties of three-dimensional Weyl semimetals. This setting allows us to investigate the connection between the semimetal to diffusive metal "magic-angle" phase transition due to quasiperiodicity and the rare-region induced crossover at an avoided quantum critical point (AQCP) due to disorder. We show that in the presence of both random and quasiperiodic potentials the AQCP becomes lines of crossovers, which terminate at magic-angle critical points in the quasiperiodic, disorder-free limit. We analyze the magic-angle transition by approaching it along these lines of avoided transitions, which unveils a rich miniband structure and several AQCPs. These effects can be witnessed in cold-atomic experiments through potential engineering on semimetallic band structures.

11 pages, 7 figures

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