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- Title
Thermodynamic evidence for valley-dependent density of states in bulk bismuth.
- Authors
Küchler, R.; Steinke, L.; Brando, M.; Steglich, F.; Daou, R.; Behnia, K.
- Abstract
Electron-like carriers in bismuth are described by the Dirac Hamiltonian, with a band mass becoming a thousandth of the bare electron mass along one crystalline axis1. The existence of three anisotropic valleys offers electrons an additional degree of freedom, a subject of recent attention2. Here, we map the Landau spectrum by angle-resolved magnetostriction, and quantify the carrier number in each valley: while the electron valleys keep identical spectra, they substantially differ in their density of states at the Fermi level. Thus, the electron fluid does not keep the rotational symmetry of the lattice at low temperature and high magnetic field, even in the absence of internal strain. This effect, reminiscent of the Coulomb pseudogap in localized electronic states, affects only electrons in the immediate vicinity of the Fermi level. It presents the most striking departure from the non-interacting picture of electrons in bulk bismuth.
- Subjects
BISMUTH; FERMI energy; SOLID state physics; NERNST effect; MAGNETIC fields; ANISOTROPIC crystals
- Publication
Nature Materials, 2014, Vol 13, Issue 5, p461
- ISSN
1476-1122
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/NMAT3909