Communications Materials (Nov 2023)

Magnetic breakdown and spin-zero effect in quantum oscillations in kagome metal CsV3Sb5

  • Kuan-Wen Chen,
  • Guoxin Zheng,
  • Dechen Zhang,
  • Aaron Chan,
  • Yuan Zhu,
  • Kaila Jenkins,
  • Fanghang Yu,
  • Mengzhu Shi,
  • Jianjun Ying,
  • Ziji Xiang,
  • Xianhui Chen,
  • Ziqiang Wang,
  • John Singleton,
  • Lu Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-023-00422-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Abstract In the recently discovered kagome metal CsV3Sb5, an intriguing proposal invoking a doped Chern insulator state suggests the presence of small Chern Fermi pockets hosting spontaneous orbital-currents and large orbital magnetic moments. While the net thermodynamic magnetization is nearly insensitive to these moments, due to their antiferromagnetic alignment, their presence can be revealed by the Zeeman effect, which shifts electron energies in magnetic fields with a proportionality given by the effective g−factor. Here, we determine the g-factor using the spin-zero effect in magnetic quantum oscillations. A large g-factor enhancement is visible only in magnetic breakdown orbits between conventional and concentrated Berry curvature Fermi pockets that host large orbital moments. Such Berry-curvature-generated large orbital moments are almost always concealed by other effects. In this system, however, magnetic breakdown orbits due to the proximity to a conventional Fermi-surface section allow them to be visibly manifested in magnetic quantum oscillations. Our results provide a remarkable example of the interplay between electronic correlations and more conventional electronic bands in quantum materials.