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强关联体系SmB $_{6}$的表面和体电子结构及其对拓扑近藤绝缘体的意义

Surface and Bulk Electronic Structure of the Strongly Correlated System SmB$_{6}$ and Implications for a Topological Kondo Insulator

N. Xu, X. Shi, P. K. Biswas, C. E. Matt, R. S. Dhaka, Y. Huang, N. C. Plumb, M. Radovic, J. H. Dil, E. Pomjakushina, A. Amato, Z. Salman, D. McK. Paul, J. Mesot, H. Ding, M. Shi

摘要:

最近的理论计算和实验结果表明,强关联材料SmB $_{6}$可能是拓扑近藤绝缘体的实现。我们已经进行了角度分辨光电子能谱研究钐$_{6}$,以阐明相关的拓扑近藤绝缘体状态的可能发生的电子结构的元素。在整个三维动量空间中获得的电子结构揭示了一个类似电子的5d体带,该体带以体布里渊区的X点为中心,与强相关的f电子杂交,以及在低温下的近藤带隙($Δ_B$ $\sim$ 20 meV)的开口。此外,我们还观察到在表面布里渊区的中心点$\barΓ$和边界点$\bar{X}$形成三个费米面的类电子带。这些频带是不期望从计算的散装电子结构,其观察到的色散特性与表面状态是一致的。我们的研究结果表明,不寻常的低温输运行为的钐$_{6}$可能是有关的明显的表面状态坐在带杂化间隙和/或拓扑近藤绝缘状态的存在。

英文摘要:

Recent theoretical calculations and experimental results suggest that the strongly correlated material SmB$_{6}$ may be a realization of a topological Kondo insulator. We have performed an angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy study on SmB$_{6}$ in order to elucidate elements of the electronic structure relevant to the possible occurrence of a topological Kondo insulator state. The obtained electronic structure in the whole three-dimensional momentum space reveals one electron-like 5d bulk band centred at the X point of the bulk Brillouin zone that is hybridized with strongly correlated f electrons, as well as the opening of a Kondo bandgap ($Δ_B$ $\sim$ 20 meV) at low temperature. In addition, we observe electron-like bands forming three Fermi surfaces at the center $\barΓ$ point and boundary $\bar{X}$ point of the surface Brillouin zone. These bands are not expected from calculations of the bulk electronic structure, and their observed dispersion characteristics are consistent with surface states. Our results suggest that the unusual low-temperature transport behavior of SmB$_{6}$ is likely to be related to the pronounced surface states sitting inside the band hybridisation gap and/or the presence of a topological Kondo insulating state.

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