Helical Fermi Arc in Altermagnetic Weyl Semimetal
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| author | Wan, Yu-Hao Miao, Cheng-Ming Liu, Peng-Yi Sun, Qing-Feng |
| author_facet | Wan, Yu-Hao Miao, Cheng-Ming Liu, Peng-Yi Sun, Qing-Feng |
| contents | We investigate the topological properties of modified Dirac Hamiltonians with an altermagnetic mass term and reveal a novel mechanism for realizing altermagnetic Weyl semimetals. Unlike the conventional Wilson mass, the altermagnetic mass drives direct transitions between nontrivial Chern phases of opposite sign and fundamentally reshapes the band inversion surface. By extending this framework to three dimensions, we construct a minimal lattice model that hosts pairs of Weyl nodes as well as coexisting helical Fermi arcs with opposite chirality on the same surface, which is a phenomenon not found in conventional magnetic Weyl semimetals. We further propose a practical scheme to realize these phases in multilayer structures of 2-dimensional Rashba metal with engineered $d$-wave altermagnetic order. Our results deepen the theoretical understanding of mass terms in Dirac systems and provide concrete guidelines for the experimental detection and realization of altermagnetic Weyl semimetals. |
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| spellingShingle | Helical Fermi Arc in Altermagnetic Weyl Semimetal Wan, Yu-Hao Miao, Cheng-Ming Liu, Peng-Yi Sun, Qing-Feng Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics We investigate the topological properties of modified Dirac Hamiltonians with an altermagnetic mass term and reveal a novel mechanism for realizing altermagnetic Weyl semimetals. Unlike the conventional Wilson mass, the altermagnetic mass drives direct transitions between nontrivial Chern phases of opposite sign and fundamentally reshapes the band inversion surface. By extending this framework to three dimensions, we construct a minimal lattice model that hosts pairs of Weyl nodes as well as coexisting helical Fermi arcs with opposite chirality on the same surface, which is a phenomenon not found in conventional magnetic Weyl semimetals. We further propose a practical scheme to realize these phases in multilayer structures of 2-dimensional Rashba metal with engineered $d$-wave altermagnetic order. Our results deepen the theoretical understanding of mass terms in Dirac systems and provide concrete guidelines for the experimental detection and realization of altermagnetic Weyl semimetals. |
| title | Helical Fermi Arc in Altermagnetic Weyl Semimetal |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.23931 |