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  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Quantum Materials Science

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  • Weyl semimetals are topological materials with unique electronic properties.
  • Understanding the impact of defects on their transport is crucial for applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To theoretically investigate the transport properties of Weyl semimetals containing point defects.
  • To explore how lattice vacancies modify the low-energy spectrum and induce novel transport effects.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical study of time-reversal symmetric Weyl lattice models.
  • Analysis of the effects of dilute lattice vacancies on electronic states.

Main Results:

  • Dilute vacancies induce quasilocalized states near the nodal energy.
  • Observed oscillatory behavior of DC conductivity with charge carrier density (no magnetic field).
  • Discovered a plateau-shaped dissipative optical response below the interband threshold.

Conclusions:

  • Point defects can engineer unconventional quantum transport in Weyl semimetals.
  • Lattice vacancies offer a pathway to control and utilize novel transport phenomena.