Fermi Arcs and Their Topological Character in the Candidate Type-II Weyl Semimetal MoTe2
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A. Tamai, Q. S. Wu, I. Cucchi, F. Y. Bruno, S. Riccò, T. K. Kim, M. Hoesch, C. Barreteau, E. Giannini, C. Besnard, A. A. Soluyanov, and F. Baumberger Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland Theoretical Physics and Station Q Zurich, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom Laboratoire de cristallographie, Ecole de Physique, University of Geneva, 24 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland Department of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland (Received 27 April 2016; revised manuscript received 14 June 2016; published 17 August 2016)
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