Interplay of Dirac fermions and heavy quasiparticles in solids

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Contributors

  • M. Hoeppner - , Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • S. Seiro - , Max Planck Society, Social Neurosci Lab (Author)
  • A. Chikina - , Chair of Surface Physics (Author)
  • A. Fedorov - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • M. Guettler - , Chair of Surface Physics (Author)
  • S. Danzenbaecher - , Chair of Surface Physics (Author)
  • A. Generalov - , Chair of Surface Physics (Author)
  • K. Kummer - , European Synchrotron Radiat Facil, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) (Author)
  • S. Patil - , Institute of Solid State and Materials Physics (Author)
  • S. L. Molodtsov - , European XFEL (Author)
  • Y. Kucherenko - , TUD Dresden University of Technology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Author)
  • C. Geibel - , Max Planck Society, Social Neurosci Lab (Author)
  • V. N. Strocov - , ETH Zurich (Author)
  • M. Shi - , Paul Scherrer Institute (Author)
  • M. Radovic - , ETH Zurich (Author)
  • T. Schmitt - , ETH Zurich (Author)
  • C. Laubschat - , Chair of Surface Physics (Author)
  • D. V. Vyalikh - , Chair of Surface Physics, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (Author)

Abstract

Many-body interactions in crystalline solids can be conveniently described in terms of quasiparticles with strongly renormalized masses as compared with those of non-interacting particles. Examples of extreme mass renormalization are on the one hand graphene, where the charge carriers obey the linear dispersion relation of massless Dirac fermions, and on the other hand heavy-fermion materials where the effective electron mass approaches the mass of a proton. Here we show that both extremes, Dirac fermions, like they are found in graphene and extremely heavy quasiparticles characteristic for Kondo materials, may not only coexist in a solid but can also undergo strong mutual interactions. Using the example of EuRh2Si2, we explicitly demonstrate that these interactions can take place at the surface and in the bulk. The presence of the linear dispersion is imposed solely by the crystal symmetry, whereas the existence of heavy quasiparticles is caused by the localized nature of the 4f states.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number1646
Number of pages6
JournalNature communications
Volume4
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2013
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 23552061
Scopus 84877749801

Keywords

Keywords

  • Electron, Spectrum, Surface, Order