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University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering

Dirac Fermi Arc Spectrum

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Spectrum of electronic states in a nanorod of cadmium arsenide (Cd3As2), a Dirac semi-metal. The newly predicted 'hinge arc' surface states can be seen connecting the surface projections of the bulk and surface Dirac fermion states (dashed lines). Credit: Zhijun Wang, Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing

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University of Illinois Department of Physics

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