Lifshitz transition from valence fluctuations in YbAl3

Shouvik Chatterjee; Jacob P. Ruf; Haofei I. Wei; Kenneth D. Finkelstein; Darrell G. Schlom; Kyle M. Shen

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00946-1

Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Lifshitz transition from valence fluctuations in YbAl3

Shouvik Chatterjee,
Jacob P. Ruf,
Haofei I. Wei,
Kenneth D. Finkelstein,
Darrell G. Schlom,
Kyle M. Shen

Affiliations

Shouvik Chatterjee: Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, Cornell University
Jacob P. Ruf: Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, Cornell University
Haofei I. Wei: Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, Cornell University
Kenneth D. Finkelstein: Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, Wilson Laboratory, Cornell University
Darrell G. Schlom: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University
Kyle M. Shen: Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, Cornell University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00946-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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How the electronic structure of a mixed-valence system changes with respect to local chemical environment remains elusive. Here, Chatterjee et al. show that valence fluctuations of YbAl3 can lead to dramatic changes in the Fermi surface topology in reciprocal space.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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