CeRu4Sn6, a strongly correlated material with nontrivial topology

Topological insulators form a novel state of matter that provides new opportunities to create unique quantum phenomena. While the materials used so far are based on semiconductors, recent theoretical studies predict that also strongly correlated systems can show non-trivial topological properties, t...

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Main Authors: Sundermann, Martin (Author) , Haverkort, Maurits W. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal) Chapter/Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
In: Arxiv

Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.07129
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Author Notes:Martin Sundermann, Fabio Strigari, Thomas Willers, Hannes Winkler, Andrey Prokofiev, James M. Ablett, Jean-Pascal Rueff, Detlef Schmitz, Eugen Weschke, Marco Moretti Sala, Ali Al-Zein, Arata Tanaka, Maurits W. Haverkort, Deepa Kasinathan, Liu Hao Tjeng, Silke Paschen, and Andrea Severing
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Summary:Topological insulators form a novel state of matter that provides new opportunities to create unique quantum phenomena. While the materials used so far are based on semiconductors, recent theoretical studies predict that also strongly correlated systems can show non-trivial topological properties, thereby allowing even the emergence of surface phenomena that are not possible with topological band insulators. From a practical point of view, it is also expected that strong correlations will reduce the disturbing impact of defects or impurities, and at the same increase the Fermi velocities of the topological surface states. The challenge is now to discover such correlated materials. Here, using advanced x-ray spectroscopies in combination with band structure calculations, we infer that CeRu$_4$Sn$_6$ is a strongly correlated material with non-trivial topology.
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