Impact of tiny Fermi pockets with extremely high mobility on the hall anomaly in the kagome metal CsVSb

Liu, S.*; 木俣 基; 芝内 孝禎*; 橋本 顕一郎*; 他7名*

Liu, S.*; Kimata, Motoi; Shibauchi, Takasada*; Hashimoto, Kenichiro*; 7 of others*

The kagome metal CsVSb exhibits an unusual charge-density-wave (CDW) order, where the emergence of loop current order that breaks time-reversal symmetry (TRS) has been proposed. A key feature of this CDW phase is a nonmonotonic Hall effect at low fields, often attributed to TRS breaking. However, its origin remains unclear. Here, we conduct comprehensive magnetotransport measurements on CsVSb and, through mobility spectrum analysis, identify the formation of tiny Fermi pockets with extremely high mobility below the CDW transition. Furthermore, electron irradiation experiments reveal that the nonmonotonic Hall effect is significantly suppressed in samples with reduced mobility, despite no substantial change in the electronic structure. These results indicate that the nonmonotonic Hall effect originates from these tiny Fermi pockets with high mobility carriers rather than anomalous Hall mechanisms, providing new insights into understanding the Hall anomaly in this kagome system.