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H. Höchst

Publications and source records attributed to H. Höchst.

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arXiv2012

Molecular fingerprints in the electronic properties of crystalline organic semiconductors: from experiment to theory

By comparing photoemission spectroscopy with a non-perturbative dynamical mean field theory extension to many-body ab initio calculations, we show in the prominent case of pentacene crystals that an excellent agreement with experiment for the bandwidth, dispersion and lifetime of the hole carrier bands can be achieved in organic semiconductors provided that one properly accounts for the coupling to molecular vibrational modes and the presence of disorder. Our findings rationalize the growing experimental evidence that even the best band structure theories based on a many-body treatment of electronic interactions cannot reproduce the experimental photoemission data in this important class of materials.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci↗

arXiv2006

New Luttinger liquid physics from photoemission on Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$

Temperature dependent high resolution photoemission spectra of quasi-1 dimensional Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$ evince a strong renormalization of its Luttinger liquid density-of-states anomalous exponent. We trace this new effect to interacting charge neutral critical modes that emerge naturally from the two-band nature of the material. Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$ is shown thereby to be a paradigm material that is capable of revealing new Luttinger physics.

cond-mat.str-el↗

arXiv2005

Hidden one-dimensional electronic structure and non-Fermi liquid angle resolved photoemission line shapes of $η$-Mo$_4$O$_{11}$

We report angle resolved photoemission (ARPES) spectra of $η$-Mo$_4$O$_{11}$, a layered metal that undergoes two charge density wave (CDW) transitions at 109 K and 30 K. We have directly observed the ``hidden one-dimensional (hidden-1d)'' Fermi surface and an anisotropic gap opening associated with the 109 K transition, in agreement with the band theoretical description of the CDW transition. In addition, as in other hidden-1d materials such as NaMo$_6$O$_{17}$, the ARPES line shapes show certain anomalies, which we discuss in terms of non-Fermi liquid physics and possible roles of disorder.

cond-mat.str-el↗

arXiv2004

Luttinger liquid ARPES spectra from samples of Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$ grown by the temperature gradient flux technique

Angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy line shapes measured for quasi-one-dimensional Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$ samples grown by a temperature gradient flux technique are found to show Luttinger liquid behavior, consistent with all previous data by us and other workers obtained from samples grown by the electrolyte reduction technique. This result eliminates the sample growth method as a possible origin of considerable differences in photoemission data reported in previous studies of Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$.

cond-mat.str-el↗

arXiv2003

Spectroscopic signatures of a bandwidth-controlled Mott transition at the surface of 1T-TaSe$_2$

High-resolution angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) data show that a metal-insulator Mott transition occurs at the surface of the quasi-two dimensional compound TaSe$_2$. The transition is driven by the narrowing of the Ta $5d$ band induced by a temperature-dependent modulation of the atomic positions. A dynamical mean-field theory calculation of the spectral function of the half-filled Hubbard model captures the main qualitative feature of the data, namely the rapid transfer of spectral weight from the observed quasiparticle peak at the Fermi surface to the Hubbard bands, as the correlation gap opens up.

cond-mat.str-el↗

arXiv2001

Photoemission view of electron fractionalization in quasi-one dimensional metal Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$

We report Luttinger liquid line shapes better revealed by new angle resolved photoemission data taken with a much improved angle resolution on a quasi-1-dimensional metal Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$. The new data indicate a larger spinon velocity than our previous lower resolution data indicated.

cond-mat.str-el↗

arXiv2001

ARPES Study of X-Point Band Overlaps in LaB$_6$ and SmB$_6$ - Contrast to SrB$_6$ and EuB$_6$

In contrast to our recent finding of an X-point band gap in divalent hexaborides, we report here that angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) data shows that the gap is absent for trivalent LaB$_6$ and is absent or nearly so for mixed valent SmB$_6$. This finding demonstrates a nontrivial evolution of the band structure from divalent to trivalent hexaborides.

cond-mat.str-el↗