Chiral dynamics and Zitterbewegung of Weyl quasiparticles in a magnetic field
The relativistic dynamical properties of chiral Weyl quasiparticles (WQPs) are investigated in a stationary magnetic field. The visualized evolution process of quasiparticles’ wavepackets has been calculated with different angles between the spinor and the magnetic field. The results reveal that the...
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| author | Xi-Dan Hu Li-Yan Li Zheng-Xin Guo Zhi Li |
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| description | The relativistic dynamical properties of chiral Weyl quasiparticles (WQPs) are investigated in a stationary magnetic field. The visualized evolution process of quasiparticles’ wavepackets has been calculated with different angles between the spinor and the magnetic field. The results reveal that the chiral WQPs feature anisotropic dynamics, which falls into two typical motion modes, i.e. directional drift (chiral magnetic effect) and periodic oscillation (chiral Zitterbewegung ). We theoretically find that the mechanism behind this interesting dynamical phenomenon is the special chiral relativistic Landau level. Since the frequency, amplitude and drift velocity of chiral WQPs can be controlled in a measurable range, one can expect the observation of the phenomenon in the cold atomic system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec7191ac24da4b5d87c4d6f1e7aba0b52023-08-08T15:36:41ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302021-01-0123707303110.1088/1367-2630/ac10fcChiral dynamics and Zitterbewegung of Weyl quasiparticles in a magnetic fieldXi-Dan Hu0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3457-0872Li-Yan Li1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2968-7542Zheng-Xin Guo2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2577-7559Zhi Li3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4015-611XGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, SPTE, South China Normal University , Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of ChinaGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, SPTE, South China Normal University , Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of ChinaGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, SPTE, South China Normal University , Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of ChinaGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, SPTE, South China Normal University , Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of China; Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Frontier Research Institute for Physics, South China Normal University , Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of China; GPETR Center for Quantum Precision Measurement, South China Normal University , Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Institute of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University , Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of ChinaThe relativistic dynamical properties of chiral Weyl quasiparticles (WQPs) are investigated in a stationary magnetic field. The visualized evolution process of quasiparticles’ wavepackets has been calculated with different angles between the spinor and the magnetic field. The results reveal that the chiral WQPs feature anisotropic dynamics, which falls into two typical motion modes, i.e. directional drift (chiral magnetic effect) and periodic oscillation (chiral Zitterbewegung ). We theoretically find that the mechanism behind this interesting dynamical phenomenon is the special chiral relativistic Landau level. Since the frequency, amplitude and drift velocity of chiral WQPs can be controlled in a measurable range, one can expect the observation of the phenomenon in the cold atomic system.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac10fcWeyl quasiparticlesZitterbewegungrelativistic Landua levelchiral relativistic dynamics |
| spellingShingle | Xi-Dan Hu Li-Yan Li Zheng-Xin Guo Zhi Li Chiral dynamics and Zitterbewegung of Weyl quasiparticles in a magnetic field New Journal of Physics Weyl quasiparticles Zitterbewegung relativistic Landua level chiral relativistic dynamics |
| title | Chiral dynamics and Zitterbewegung of Weyl quasiparticles in a magnetic field |
| title_full | Chiral dynamics and Zitterbewegung of Weyl quasiparticles in a magnetic field |
| title_fullStr | Chiral dynamics and Zitterbewegung of Weyl quasiparticles in a magnetic field |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chiral dynamics and Zitterbewegung of Weyl quasiparticles in a magnetic field |
| title_short | Chiral dynamics and Zitterbewegung of Weyl quasiparticles in a magnetic field |
| title_sort | chiral dynamics and zitterbewegung of weyl quasiparticles in a magnetic field |
| topic | Weyl quasiparticles Zitterbewegung relativistic Landua level chiral relativistic dynamics |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac10fc |
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