TY - JOUR

T1 - Interaction-induced magnetotransport in a 2D Dirac–Heavy hole hybrid band system

AU - Gusev, G. M.

AU - Levin, A. D.

AU - Chitta, V. A.

AU - Kvon, Z. D.

AU - Mikhailov, N. N.

N1 - Gusev, G.M., Levin, A.D., Chitta, V.A. et al. Interaction-induced magnetotransport in a 2D Dirac–Heavy hole hybrid band system. Sci Rep 16, 2381 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-32085-9 This work was supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Grants No. 2019/16736-2 and No. 2021/12470-8, and by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). The growth of HgTe quantum wells and preliminary transport measurements were supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Grant No. 23-72-30003).

PY - 2026/1/19

Y1 - 2026/1/19

N2 - While electron–electron (e–e) interactions are known to influence resistivity in non-Galilean invariant two-dimensional (2D) systems, their effect on magnetotransport is not fully understood. Conventional models for simple bands often predict a vanishing magnetoresistivity from e–e interactions alone. In this work, we investigate magnetotransport in a gapless 6.3 nm HgTe quantum well, a hybrid 2D band system that hosts coexisting holes with both linear (Dirac-like) and parabolic energy bands. Focusing on the high-temperature regime where particle–particle collisions dominate scattering, we observe significant corrections to both the magnetoresistivity and the Hall effect. The high-temperature transport coefficients are in good agreement with the theoretical model describing transport in massive–massless fermion mixtures governed by a frictional mechanism and intervalley scattering. Our findings provide strong experimental validation for this theoretical framework, demonstrating that collisions between particles with different dispersions are a key mechanism governing magnetotransport in hybrid-band semimetals.

AB - While electron–electron (e–e) interactions are known to influence resistivity in non-Galilean invariant two-dimensional (2D) systems, their effect on magnetotransport is not fully understood. Conventional models for simple bands often predict a vanishing magnetoresistivity from e–e interactions alone. In this work, we investigate magnetotransport in a gapless 6.3 nm HgTe quantum well, a hybrid 2D band system that hosts coexisting holes with both linear (Dirac-like) and parabolic energy bands. Focusing on the high-temperature regime where particle–particle collisions dominate scattering, we observe significant corrections to both the magnetoresistivity and the Hall effect. The high-temperature transport coefficients are in good agreement with the theoretical model describing transport in massive–massless fermion mixtures governed by a frictional mechanism and intervalley scattering. Our findings provide strong experimental validation for this theoretical framework, demonstrating that collisions between particles with different dispersions are a key mechanism governing magnetotransport in hybrid-band semimetals.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105027894327

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/078bf3b9-f6dc-3552-8fe5-7d775227245f/

U2 - 10.1038/s41598-025-32085-9

DO - 10.1038/s41598-025-32085-9

M3 - Article

VL - 16

JO - Scientific Reports

JF - Scientific Reports

SN - 2045-2322

IS - 1

M1 - 2381

ER -