Electronic Properties of Dirac and Weyl Semimetals
In this monograph, authors I. A. Shovkovy, E. V. Gorbar, V. A. Miransky and P. O. Sukhachov review various aspects of the electronic properties of Dirac and Weyl semimetals, a new fascinating class of materials distinguished by their unique and remarkable fundamental properties. One of the simplest examples is graphene — a single atomic layer of graphite. Unlike this two-dimensional example, numerous three-dimensional Dirac and Weyl semimetals were discovered over the past decade.
Intended for advanced undergraduate students and graduate students who are studying condensed matter physics and researchers interested in Dirac and Weyl semimetals, this text discusses the theoretical foundations of the electric properties of graphene; its history and discovery; and its characterization as Dirac and Weyl semimetals.
Bio
Igor A. Shovkovy is a theoretical physics professor at the School of Applied Sciences and Arts in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at Arizona State University. He studies the fundamental properties of relativistic matter at high densities, high temperatures and super-strong magnetic fields. His research aims to advance the knowledge about the hot plasma of the early universe, the quark-gluon plasma created in heavy-ion collisions, dense matter inside compact stars, as well as the pseudo-relativistic electron plasma in Dirac and Weyl semimetals.
