Sundermann, M., Yavas, H., Chen, K., Kim, D. J., Fisk, Z., Kasinathan, D., Haverkort, M. W., Thalmeier, P., Severing, A. and Tjeng, L. H. (2018). 4f Crystal Field Ground State of the Strongly Correlated Topological Insulator Sm B-6. Phys. Rev. Lett., 120 (1). COLLEGE PK: AMER PHYSICAL SOC. ISSN 1079-7114

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Abstract

We investigated the crystal-electric field ground state of the 4f manifold in the strongly correlated topological insulator SmB6 using core-level nonresonant inelastic x-ray scattering. The directional dependence of the scattering function that arises from higher multipole transitions establishes unambiguously that the Gamma(8) quartet state of the Sm f(5) J = 5/2 configuration governs the ground-state symmetry and, hence, the topological properties of SmB6. Our findings contradict the results of density functional calculations repotted so far.

Item Type: Journal Article
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CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Sundermann, M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Yavas, H.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Chen, K.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kim, D. J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Fisk, Z.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kasinathan, D.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Haverkort, M. W.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Thalmeier, P.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Severing, A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Tjeng, L. H.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-199116
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.016402
Journal or Publication Title: Phys. Rev. Lett.
Volume: 120
Number: 1
Date: 2018
Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Place of Publication: COLLEGE PK
ISSN: 1079-7114
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
NEUTRON-SCATTERING; MIXED-VALENCE; EXCITATIONS; SURFACE; GAPMultiple languages
Physics, MultidisciplinaryMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/19911

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