Strong suppression of electron convection in Dirac and Weyl semimetals

E. V. Gorbar; I. A. Shovkovy; P. O. Sukhachov

Strong suppression of electron convection in Dirac and Weyl semimetals

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arxiv 2103.15836 v2 pith:VDDYASKG submitted 2021-03-29 cond-mat.mes-hall

Strong suppression of electron convection in Dirac and Weyl semimetals

P. O. Sukhachov , E. V. Gorbar , I. A. Shovkovy This is my paper

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It is shown that the convective instability in electron fluids in three- and two-dimensional (3D and 2D) Dirac and Weyl semimetals is strongly inhibited. The major obstacles for electron convection are the effects of the Coulomb forces and the momentum relaxation related to the interaction with impurities and phonons. The effect of the Coulomb forces is less pronounced in 2D materials, such as graphene. However, momentum relaxation still noticeably inhibits convection making it very difficult to achieve in practice.

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