Anomalous sound attenuation and electromagnetic field penetration in Weyl and Dirac materials

Date

Mar 2, 2023

Time

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Speaker

Dr. Pavel Sukhachov

Affiliation

Yale University, New Haven, USA

Language

en

Main Topic

Materialien

Host

Dr. Silvia Seiro

Description

A salient feature of Weyl and Dirac materials is the possibility to realize the chiral anomaly due to their relativistic-like electronic spectra and nontrivial topology. In this talk, I will present my recent results related to the manifestations of the chiral anomaly in sound attenuation and electromagnetic field penetration. Due to the interplay of intra- and inter-node scattering processes as well as screening, an external magnetic field generically reduces the sound absorption. A nontrivial dependence on the relative direction of the magnetic field and the sound wave vector, i.e., the magnetic sound dichroism, can occur in materials with nonsymmetric Weyl nodes. Also, I will demonstrate that the current response to an electromagnetic field in a Weyl or Dirac semimetal becomes nonlocal due to the chiral anomaly even under the conditions of the normal skin effect. Signatures of this nonlocality may be found in the transmission of electromagnetic waves. 

Links

• Seminars at the IFW

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