Anomalous Positron Lifetime in Single Crystal of Weyl Semimetal CoSi
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
Ps | positronium |
PAL | positron annihilation lifetime |
PALS | positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy |
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Material | , ps (in This Work) | , ps (According to Literature) |
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Si | 218(1) (with V) | 218(1) (single crystal) [43] |
CoSi | 168(1) (with V), 166(2) (with Na) | 115(2) (polycrystal) [28] |
FeSi | 114(1) (with V) | 130(3) (polycrystal) [31] |
MnSi | 111(1) (with V) | 119(3) (single crystal) [29] |
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Salamatin, D.A.; Bokov, A.V.; Kozin, M.G.; Romashkina, I.L.; Salamatin, A.V.; Mikhin, M.V.; Petrova, A.E.; Sidorov, V.A.; Nikolaev, A.V.; Fisk, Z.; et al. Anomalous Positron Lifetime in Single Crystal of Weyl Semimetal CoSi. Crystals 2023, 13, 509. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13030509
Salamatin DA, Bokov AV, Kozin MG, Romashkina IL, Salamatin AV, Mikhin MV, Petrova AE, Sidorov VA, Nikolaev AV, Fisk Z, et al. Anomalous Positron Lifetime in Single Crystal of Weyl Semimetal CoSi. Crystals. 2023; 13(3):509. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13030509
Chicago/Turabian StyleSalamatin, D. A., A. V. Bokov, M. G. Kozin, I. L. Romashkina, A. V. Salamatin, M. V. Mikhin, A. E. Petrova, V. A. Sidorov, A. V. Nikolaev, Z. Fisk, and et al. 2023. "Anomalous Positron Lifetime in Single Crystal of Weyl Semimetal CoSi" Crystals 13, no. 3: 509. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13030509
APA StyleSalamatin, D. A., Bokov, A. V., Kozin, M. G., Romashkina, I. L., Salamatin, A. V., Mikhin, M. V., Petrova, A. E., Sidorov, V. A., Nikolaev, A. V., Fisk, Z., & Tsvyashchenko, A. V. (2023). Anomalous Positron Lifetime in Single Crystal of Weyl Semimetal CoSi. Crystals, 13(3), 509. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13030509