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  • Title: TOPOLOGICAL MATTER. Discovery of a Weyl fermion semimetal and topological Fermi arcs.
    Author: Xu SY, Belopolski I, Alidoust N, Neupane M, Bian G, Zhang C, Sankar R, Chang G, Yuan Z, Lee CC, Huang SM, Zheng H, Ma J, Sanchez DS, Wang B, Bansil A, Chou F, Shibayev PP, Lin H, Jia S, Hasan MZ.
    Journal: Science; 2015 Aug 07; 349(6248):613-7. PubMed ID: 26184916.
    Abstract:
    A Weyl semimetal is a new state of matter that hosts Weyl fermions as emergent quasiparticles and admits a topological classification that protects Fermi arc surface states on the boundary of a bulk sample. This unusual electronic structure has deep analogies with particle physics and leads to unique topological properties. We report the experimental discovery of a Weyl semimetal, tantalum arsenide (TaAs). Using photoemission spectroscopy, we directly observe Fermi arcs on the surface, as well as the Weyl fermion cones and Weyl nodes in the bulk of TaAs single crystals. We find that Fermi arcs terminate on the Weyl fermion nodes, consistent with their topological character. Our work opens the field for the experimental study of Weyl fermions in physics and materials science.
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