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Anisotropic magnetoelastic response in the magnetic Weyl semimetal Co3Sn2S2

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Co3Sn2S2 is a recently identified magnetic Weyl semimetal in Shandite compounds. Upon cooling, Co3Sn2S2 undergoes a ferromagnetic transition with c-axis polarized moments (∼0.3 µB/Co) around TC = 175 K, followed by another magnetic anomaly around TA ≈ 140 K. A large intrinsic anomalous Hall effect is observed in the magnetic state below TC with a maximum of anomalous Hall angle near TA. Here, we report an elastic neutron scattering on the crystalline lattice of Co3Sn2S2 in a magnetic field up to 10 T. A strongly anisotropic magnetoelastic response is observed-while only a slight enhancement of the Bragg peaks is observed when B//c. The in-plane magnetic field (B//ab) dramatically suppresses the Bragg peak intensity probably by tilting the moments and lattice toward the external field direction. The in-plane magnetoelastic response commences from TC, and as it is further strengthened below TA, it becomes nonmonotonic against the field between TA and TC because of the competition from another in-plane magnetic order. These results suggest that a magnetic field can be employed to tune the Co3Sn2S2 lattice and its related topological states.

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  1. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Chang Liu, ChangJiang Yi, XingYu Wang, JianLei Shen, Tao Xie, Lin Yang, Tom Fennel, ShiLiang Li, HongMing Weng, YouGuo Shi, EnKe Liu & HuiQian Luo

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    Chang Liu, ChangJiang Yi, XingYu Wang, JianLei Shen, Tao Xie, Lin Yang, ShiLiang Li, HongMing Weng & YouGuo Shi

  3. Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, CH-5232, Switzerland

    Tom Fennel & Uwe Stuhr

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    ShiLiang Li, HongMing Weng, YouGuo Shi, EnKe Liu & HuiQian Luo

  5. CAS Centre for Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation, Beijing, 100190, China

    HongMing Weng

  6. Physical Science Laboratory, Huairou National Comprehensive Science Center, Beijing, 101400, China

    HongMing Weng & YouGuo Shi

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2017YFA0303100, 2017YFA0302900, 2016YFA0300500, and 2017YFA0206300), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11974392, 11974394, 11822411, 51722106, 11674372, 11774399, 11961160699, and 12061130200), the Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (Grant Nos. XDB07020300, XDB25000000, and XDB33000000), and the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant Nos. JQ19002, Z180008, and Z190009). EnKe Liu and HuiQian Luo is grateful for the support from the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant Nos. 2013002, and 2016004). This work is based on neutron scattering experiments performed at the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source (SINQ), Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland (Proposal No. 20181447).

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Liu, C., Yi, C., Wang, X. et al. Anisotropic magnetoelastic response in the magnetic Weyl semimetal Co3Sn2S2. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 64, 257511 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-020-1655-2

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