Temperature-Induced Lifshitz Transition and Possible Excitonic Instability in ZrSiSe

F. C. Chen, Y. Fei, S. J. Li, Q. Wang, X. Luo, J. Yan, W. J. Lu, P. Tong, W. H. Song, X. B. Zhu, L. Zhang, H. B. Zhou, F. W. Zheng, P. Zhang, A. L. Lichtenstein, M. I. Katsnelson, Y. Yin, Ning Hao, Y. P. Sun

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Abstract

The nodal-line semimetals have attracted immense interest due to the unique electronic structures such as the linear dispersion and the vanishing density of states as the Fermi energy approaching the nodes. Here, we report temperature-dependent transport and scanning tunneling microscopy (spectroscopy) [STM(S)] measurements on nodal-line semimetal ZrSiSe. Our experimental results and theoretical analyses consistently demonstrate that the temperature induces Lifshitz transitions at 80 and 106 K in ZrSiSe, which results in the transport anomalies at the same temperatures. More strikingly, we observe a V-shaped dip structure around Fermi energy from the STS spectrum at low temperature, which can be attributed to co-effect of the spin-orbit coupling and excitonic instability. Our observations indicate the correlation interaction may play an important role in ZrSiSe, which owns the quasi-two-dimensional electronic structures.

Original languageEnglish
Article number236601
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume124
Issue number23
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Jun 2020
Externally publishedYes

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Chen, F. C., Fei, Y., Li, S. J., Wang, Q., Luo, X., Yan, J., Lu, W. J., Tong, P., Song, W. H., Zhu, X. B., Zhang, L., Zhou, H. B., Zheng, F. W., Zhang, P., Lichtenstein, A. L., Katsnelson, M. I., Yin, Y., Hao, N., & Sun, Y. P. (2020). Temperature-Induced Lifshitz Transition and Possible Excitonic Instability in ZrSiSe. Physical Review Letters, 124(23), Article 236601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.236601