Parallel-Field Hall effect in ZrTe$_5$

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Main Authors: Wang, Yongjian, Boemerich, Thomas, Taskin, A. A., Rosch, Achim, Ando, Yoichi
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author Wang, Yongjian
Boemerich, Thomas
Taskin, A. A.
Rosch, Achim
Ando, Yoichi
author_facet Wang, Yongjian
Boemerich, Thomas
Taskin, A. A.
Rosch, Achim
Ando, Yoichi
contents Parallel-field Hall effect is the appearance of a Hall voltage $V_{\rm H}$ that is transverse to the current $I$ when the magnetic field $B$ is applied parallel to $I$ (i.e. $B \parallel I \perp V_{\rm H}$). Such an effect is symmetry forbidden in most cases and hence is very unusual. Interestingly, the existence of a finite parallel-field Hall effect was reported for the layered topological semimetal ZrTe$_5$ and was proposed to be due to Berry curvature. However, it is forbidden for the known symmetry of ZrTe$_5$ and the possible existence of a misaligned out-of-plane magnetic field was not completely ruled out. Here, we elucidate the existence of the parallel-field Hall effect in ZrTe$_5$ with careful magnetic-field alignment. We interpret this result to originate from symmetry breaking and quantitatively explain the observed parallel-field Hall signal by considering a tilting of the Fermi surface allowed by broken symmetry.
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spellingShingle Parallel-Field Hall effect in ZrTe$_5$
Wang, Yongjian
Boemerich, Thomas
Taskin, A. A.
Rosch, Achim
Ando, Yoichi
Materials Science
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Parallel-field Hall effect is the appearance of a Hall voltage $V_{\rm H}$ that is transverse to the current $I$ when the magnetic field $B$ is applied parallel to $I$ (i.e. $B \parallel I \perp V_{\rm H}$). Such an effect is symmetry forbidden in most cases and hence is very unusual. Interestingly, the existence of a finite parallel-field Hall effect was reported for the layered topological semimetal ZrTe$_5$ and was proposed to be due to Berry curvature. However, it is forbidden for the known symmetry of ZrTe$_5$ and the possible existence of a misaligned out-of-plane magnetic field was not completely ruled out. Here, we elucidate the existence of the parallel-field Hall effect in ZrTe$_5$ with careful magnetic-field alignment. We interpret this result to originate from symmetry breaking and quantitatively explain the observed parallel-field Hall signal by considering a tilting of the Fermi surface allowed by broken symmetry.
title Parallel-Field Hall effect in ZrTe$_5$
topic Materials Science
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.11113