Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Quasilinear quantum magnetoresistance in pressure-induced nonsymmorphic superconductor chromium arsenide

  • Q. Niu,
  • W. C. Yu,
  • K. Y. Yip,
  • Z. L. Lim,
  • H. Kotegawa,
  • E. Matsuoka,
  • H. Sugawara,
  • H. Tou,
  • Y. Yanase,
  • Swee K. Goh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15358
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The electronic structure of the helimagnet CrAs is unusual due to its nonsymmorphic crystal symmetry. Here, the authors observe quasilinear magnetoresistance close to a pressure-driven superconducting transition, which may arise from the interaction of the band structure and magnetic fluctuations.