Surface States in Holographic Weyl Semimetals

We study the surface states of a strongly coupled Weyl semimetal within holography. By explicit numerical computation of an inhomogeneous holographic Weyl semimetal, we observe the appearance of an electric current restricted to the surface in the presence of an electric chemical potential. The inte...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2017-05, Vol.118 (20), p.201601-201601, Article 201601
Hauptverfasser: Heinrich, Markus, Jiménez-Alba, Amadeo, Moeckel, Sebastian, Ammon, Martin
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We study the surface states of a strongly coupled Weyl semimetal within holography. By explicit numerical computation of an inhomogeneous holographic Weyl semimetal, we observe the appearance of an electric current restricted to the surface in the presence of an electric chemical potential. The integrated current is universal in the sense that it only depends on the topology of the phases showing that the bulk-boundary correspondence holds even at strong coupling. The implications of this result are subtle and may shed some light on anomalous transport at weak coupling.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.201601