Time-reversal symmetry breaking type-II Weyl state in YbMnBi2.

TLDR: Evidence of a magnetic Weyl state is reported and the surface Fermi arcs in YbMnBi2 are observed, providing a fundamental link between the two areas of physics, and the practical way to design novel materials with exotic properties.

Abstract: Spectroscopic detection of Dirac and Weyl fermions in real materials is vital for both, promising applications and fundamental bridge between high-energy and condensed-matter physics. While the presence of Dirac and noncentrosymmetric Weyl fermions is well established in many materials, the magnetic Weyl semimetals still escape direct experimental detection. In order to find a time-reversal symmetry breaking Weyl state we design two materials and present here experimental and theoretical evidence of realization of such a state in one of them, YbMnBi2. We model the time-reversal symmetry breaking observed by magnetization and magneto-optical microscopy measurements by canted antiferromagnetism and find a number of Weyl points. Using angle-resolved photoemission, we directly observe two pairs of Weyl points connected by the Fermi arcs. Our results not only provide a fundamental link between the two areas of physics, but also demonstrate the practical way to design novel materials with exotic properties. Candidate materials containing magnetic Weyl fermions remain rare. Here, the authors report evidence of a magnetic Weyl state and observe the surface Fermi arcs in YbMnBi2.