Sixfold fermion near the Fermi level in cubic PtBi2

Abstract

We show that the cubic compound PtBi2, is a topological semimetal hosting a sixfold band touching point in close proximity to the Fermi level. Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we map the bandstructure of the system, which is in good agreement with results from density functional theory. Further, by employing a low energy effective Hamiltonian valid close to the crossing point, we study the effect of a magnetic field on the sixfold fermion. The latter splits into a total of twenty Weyl cones for a Zeeman field oriented in the diagonal, [111] direction. Our results mark cubic PtBi2, as an ideal candidate to study the transport properties of gapless topological systems beyond Dirac and Weyl semimetals.

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Keywords
Topological Dirac Semimetal, Weyl Semimetal, Arcs, Discovery, Phase, Signatures, Nodes, State
Citation
Thirupathaiah, S., Kushnirenk, Y. S., Koepernik, K., Piening, B. R., Buechner, B., Aswartham, S., et al. (2021). Sixfold fermion near the Fermi level in cubic PtBi2. 10. https://doi.org//10.21468/SCIPOSTPHYS.10.1.004
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CC BY 4.0 Unported