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American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science, 6451(365), p. 377-381, 2019

DOI: 10.1126/science.aat0348

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Singular angular magnetoresistance in a magnetic nodal semimetal

Journal article published in 2019 by T. Suzuki ORCID, L. Savary ORCID, J.-P. Liu, J. W. Lynn ORCID, L. Balents, J. G. Checkelsky ORCID
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Abstract

Transport coefficients of correlated electron systems are often useful for mapping hidden phases with distinct symmetries. Here we report a transport signature of spontaneous symmetry breaking in the magnetic Weyl semimetal cerium-aluminum-germanium (CeAlGe) system in the form of singular angular magnetoresistance (SAMR). This angular response exceeding 1000% per radian is confined along the high-symmetry axes with a full width at half maximum reaching less than 1° and is tunable via isoelectronic partial substitution of silicon for germanium. The SAMR phenomena is explained theoretically as a consequence of controllable high-resistance domain walls, arising from the breaking of magnetic point group symmetry strongly coupled to a nearly nodal electronic structure. This study indicates ingredients for engineering magnetic materials with high angular sensitivity by lattice and site symmetries.

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