Distinguishing features of longitudinal magnetoconductivity for a Rarita-Schwinger-Weyl node

TL;DR

This paper investigates the unique longitudinal magnetoconductivity signatures of Rarita-Schwinger-Weyl nodes in chiral crystals, providing exact linear response calculations that reveal effects absent in simpler Weyl systems.

Contribution

It offers the first exact linear response analysis of Rarita-Schwinger-Weyl nodes, highlighting their multifold nature and the interplay of intraband and interband scatterings.

Findings

Distinct magnetoconductivity features for RSWN compared to Weyl nodes

Exact linear response calculations without relaxation-time approximation

Reveals multifold nature through scattering interplay

Abstract

The band-degeneracy points in the Brillouin zones of chiral crystals exist in multiple avatars, with the high-symmetry points being able to host multifold nodes of distinct characters. A class of such crystals, assisted by the spin-orbit coupling, harbours fourfold degeneracy in the form of Rarita-Schwinger-Weyl node (RSWN) at the $\Gamma$-point. Our aim is to explore the nature of longitudinal magnetoconductivity, arising from applying collinear electric and magnetic fields, for such systems. Adjusting the chemical potential to lie near the intrinsic energy-location of the RSWN, the multifold nature of the RSWN is revealed by an interplay of intraband and interband scatterings, which would not arise in twofold degeneracies like the conventional Weyl nodes. The current study fills up the much-needed gap in obtaining the linear response from an exact computation, rather than the insufficient relaxation-time approximation employed earlier.