2021/11/30 by J. D. Denlinger, Jonathan D. Denlinger, J.‐S. Kang +12 · 6 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy #Brillouin zone #Condensed matter physics #Density functional theory #Electron #Electronic band structure #Electronic structure #Fermi energy #Fermi level #Fermi surface #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Nuclear Materials and Properties #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Rare-earth and actinide compounds #Superconductivity #cond-mat.str-el
paper · pdf · open access · doi:10.1088/2516-1075/ac4315
published in Electronic Structure 4(1), 013001 (IOP Publishing) · topical review 47 pages, 12 figures, proof edits, hyperlinked TOC
openalex created_date 2021/12/06 · openalex publication_date 2021/12/14 · arxiv created 2022/02/02 · arxiv updated 2022/03/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
Previous high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) studies of URu2Si2 have characterized the temperature-dependent behavior of narrow-band states close to the Fermi level (EF) at low photon energies near the zone center, with an emphasis on electronic reconstruction due to Brillouin zone folding. A substantial challenge to a proper description is that these states interact with other hole-band states that are generally absent from bulk-sensitive soft x-ray ARPES measurements. Here we provide a more global k-space context for the presence of such states and their relation to the bulk Fermi surface topology using synchrotron-based wide-angle and photon energy-dependent ARPES mapping of the electronic structure using photon energies intermediate between the low-energy regime and the high-energy soft x-ray regime. Small-spot spatial dependence, f-resonant photoemission, Si 2p core-levels, x-ray polarization, surface-dosing modification, and theoretical surface slab calculations are employed to assist identification of bulk versus surface state character of the EF-crossing bands and their relation to specific U- or Si-terminations of the cleaved surface. The bulk Fermi surface topology is critically compared to density functional theory and to dynamical mean field theory calculations. In addition to clarifying some aspects of the previously measured high symmetry Γ, Z and X points, incommensurate 0.6a* nested Fermi-edge states located along Z-N-Z are found to be distinctly different from the density functional theory Fermi surface prediction. The temperature evolution of these states above THO, combined with a more detailed theoretical investigation of this region, suggests a key role of the N-point in the hidden order transition.