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Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 037203 (2010) [4 pages]

Topological and Transport Properties of Dirac Fermions in an Antiferromagnetic Metallic Phase of Iron-Based Superconductors

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Takao Morinari1,*, Eiji Kaneshita1, and Takami Tohyama1,2
1Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
2JST, Transformative Research-Project on Iron Pnictides, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan

Received 29 March 2010; published 14 July 2010

We investigate Dirac fermions in the antiferromagnetic metallic state of iron-based superconductors. Deriving an effective Hamiltonian for Dirac fermions, we reveal that there exist two Dirac cones carrying the same chirality, contrary to graphene, compensated by a Fermi surface with a quadratic energy dispersion as a consequence of a nontrivial topological property inherent in the band structure. We also find that the presence of the Dirac fermions gives the difference of sign-change temperatures between the Hall coefficient and the thermopower. This is consistent with available experimental data.

© 2010 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.037203
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.037203
PACS:
75.30.Fv, 72.15.Gd, 72.15.Jf, 73.21.-b

*morinari@yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp