Studies of electronic structure across a quantum phase transition in CeRhSb1−xSnx

Rafał Kurleto, Jerzy Goraus, Marcin Rosmus, Andrzej Ślebarski and Paweł Starowicz ()
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Rafał Kurleto: Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
Jerzy Goraus: Institute of Physics, University of Silesia
Marcin Rosmus: Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
Andrzej Ślebarski: Institute of Physics, University of Silesia
Paweł Starowicz: Institute of Physics, University of Silesia

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2019, vol. 92, issue 9, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract We study an electronic structure of CeRhSb1−xSnx system, which displays quantum critical transition from a Kondo insulator to a non-Fermi liquid at x = 0.13. We provide ultraviolet photoelectron spectra of valence band obtained at 12.5 K. A coherent peak at the Fermi level is not present in the data, but a signal related to 4f17∕2 final state is detected. Spectral intensity at the Fermi edge has a general tendency to grow with Sn content. Theoretical calculations of band structure are realized with full-potential local-orbital minimum-basis code using scalar relativistic and full relativistic approach. The calculations reveal a depletion of density of states at the Fermi level for CeRhSb. This gap is shifted above the Fermi energy with increasing Sn content and thus a rise of density of states at the Fermi level is reflected in the calculations. It agrees with metallic properties of compounds with larger x. The calculations also yield another important effect of Sn substitution. Band structure is displaced in a direction corresponding to hole doping, although with deviations from a rigid band shift scenario. Lifshitz transitions modify a topology of the Fermi surface a few times and a number of bands crossing the Fermi level increases. Graphical abstract

Keywords: Solid; State; and; Materials (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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