Evidence for the chiral anomaly in the Dirac semimetal Na₃Bi

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Jun XiongN P Ong

Abstract

In a Dirac semimetal, each Dirac node is resolved into two Weyl nodes with opposite "handedness" or chirality. The two chiral populations do not mix. However, in parallel electric and magnetic fields ( E: || B: ), charge is predicted to flow between the Weyl nodes, leading to negative magnetoresistance. This "axial" current is the chiral (Adler-Bell-Jackiw) anomaly investigated in quantum field theory. We report the observation of a large, negative longitudinal magnetoresistance in the Dirac semimetal Na3Bi. The negative magnetoresistance is acutely sensitive to deviations of the direction of B: from E: and is incompatible with conventional transport. By rotating E: (as well as B: ), we show that it is consistent with the prediction of the chiral anomaly.

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