Multicarrier electrical and thermal magnetotransport in altermagnetic CrSb
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Abstract
Chromium antimonide has emerged as a key material platform for studying altermagnetism because of its simple binary composition, high Néel temperature, and semimetallic electronic structure. Here, we investigate electrical and thermal magnetotransport in single-crystalline CrSb using steady- and pulsed-magnetic fields up to 65 T, and complement these measurements with neutron diffraction and magnetization data. We confirm the compensated magnetic structure and observe a large nonsaturating magnetoresistance together with a pronounced nonlinear Hall response at low temperatures. Multicarrier modeling, supported by mobility-spectrum analysis, reveals coexisting electron- and holelike charge carriers with mobilities up to ~3000 cm²/Vs and shows that the number of transport channels that can be resolved strongly depends on the accessible magnetic-field range. Thermal-transport measurements further reveal a nonlinear thermal Hall response and a thermal conductivity substantially exceeding a simple Wiedemann-Franz law. The broadly similar field and temperature evolution of electrical and thermal transport point to a dominant electronic contribution, while the remaining deviations indicate additional heat-carrying channels.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 104408 |
| Journal | Physical review materials |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2026 |
| Peer-reviewed | Yes |