We report magnetotransport measurements of PrSb in high magnetic fields. Our results show that PrSb exhibits large magnetoresistance at low temperatures. Meanwhile angle-dependent magnetoresistance measurements were used to probe the Fermi surface via Shubnikov–de Haas oscillations. We found that the angular dependence of the oscillation frequency of the $\alpha$ branch can be explained well by a model for a two-dimensional-like Fermi surface, whereas the effective mass of this branch as a function of angle shows a fourfold signature. The evolution of the Fermi surface with increasing magnetic field also was studied up to 32 T. A continuous increase in the oscillation frequency up to 14 T is observed before it becomes constant at higher fields. Meanwhile our analysis of the residual Landau index from the high-field data reveals a zero Berry phase and therefore trivial topology of the Fermi surface.

• Received 20 June 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.125122