Observation of three-component fermions in the topological semimetal molybdenum phosphide

B. Q. Lv, Z.-L. Feng, Q.-N. Xu, X. Gao, J.-Z. Ma, L.-Y. Kong, P. Richard, Y.-B. Huang, V. N. Strocov, C. Fang, H.-M. Weng, Y.-G. Shi (), T. Qian () and H. Ding ()
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B. Q. Lv: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Z.-L. Feng: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Q.-N. Xu: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
X. Gao: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
J.-Z. Ma: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
L.-Y. Kong: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
P. Richard: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Y.-B. Huang: Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
V. N. Strocov: Paul Scherrer Institute, Swiss Light Source
C. Fang: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
H.-M. Weng: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Y.-G. Shi: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
T. Qian: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
H. Ding: Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nature, 2017, vol. 546, issue 7660, 627-631

Abstract: A new type of fermion, corresponding to a three-fold degeneracy in the electronic band structure of crystalline molybdenum phosphide, is observed, which lies conceptually between Dirac and Weyl fermions.

Date: 2017
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