Axion electrodynamics of Weyl superconductors with broken time-reversal symmetry

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Autores principales: Shyta, Vira, Brink, Jeroen van den, Nogueira, Flavio S.
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Publicado: 2025
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author Shyta, Vira
Brink, Jeroen van den
Nogueira, Flavio S.
author_facet Shyta, Vira
Brink, Jeroen van den
Nogueira, Flavio S.
contents The low-energy effective description of Weyl semimetals is defined by the axion electrodynamics, which captures the effects arising due to the presence of nodes of opposite chirality in the electronic structure. Here we explore the magnetoelectric response of time-reversal breaking (TRB) Weyl superconductors in the London regime. The influence of the axion contribution leads to an increase in the London penetration depth$-$a behavior that can be anticipated by first considering the photon spectrum of a TRB Weyl semimetal. Moreover, we find that both the Meissner state and the vortex phase feature an interplay between the electric and magnetic fields. This leads to a nonvanishing electromagnetic angular momentum, which we calculate for a number of geometrical configurations.
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spellingShingle Axion electrodynamics of Weyl superconductors with broken time-reversal symmetry
Shyta, Vira
Brink, Jeroen van den
Nogueira, Flavio S.
Superconductivity
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
The low-energy effective description of Weyl semimetals is defined by the axion electrodynamics, which captures the effects arising due to the presence of nodes of opposite chirality in the electronic structure. Here we explore the magnetoelectric response of time-reversal breaking (TRB) Weyl superconductors in the London regime. The influence of the axion contribution leads to an increase in the London penetration depth$-$a behavior that can be anticipated by first considering the photon spectrum of a TRB Weyl semimetal. Moreover, we find that both the Meissner state and the vortex phase feature an interplay between the electric and magnetic fields. This leads to a nonvanishing electromagnetic angular momentum, which we calculate for a number of geometrical configurations.
title Axion electrodynamics of Weyl superconductors with broken time-reversal symmetry
topic Superconductivity
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17100