Cr and Fe but for these U systems the band widths and dispersions are two orders <strong>of</strong> magnitude smaller. Work Supported by the US Department <strong>of</strong> Energy, Office <strong>of</strong> Science. The <strong>SRC</strong> is operated under Grant No. DMR-0084402.
Hidden One Dimensionality and Non-Fermi Liquid ARPES Lineshapes <strong>of</strong> the Electronic Structure <strong>of</strong> η-Mo 4 O 11 G. –H. Gweon 1* , S. –K. Mo 1 , J. W. Allen 1 , H. Höchst 2 , J. L. Sarrao 3 , and Z. Fisk 3 1. Randall Laboratory <strong>of</strong> Physics, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2. <strong>Synchrotron</strong> <strong>Radiation</strong> <strong>Center</strong>, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Wisconsin, Stoughton, WI 53589 3. National High Magnetic Field Lab., Florida State <strong>University</strong>, Tallahassee, FL 32306 η-Mo 4 O 11 is a layered metal that undergoes two charge density wave (CDW) transitions at 109 K and 30 K, and is unique in showing a bulk quantum Hall effect [1]. Research so far indicates that this material has a “hidden one-dimensional” (hidden-1d) Fermi surface (FS) in the normal state (T > 109 K), whose nesting property drives the 109 K CDW formation [2]. Here, we directly confirm this picture by angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). Figure 1 shows the Fermi energy intensity map measured at T=150K and with hν=17eV at the 4m-NIM line <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Synchrotron</strong> <strong>Radiation</strong> <strong>Center</strong>. The geometry <strong>of</strong> the FS is in good general agreement with that <strong>of</strong> the band calculation, and can be seen as two vertical lines <strong>of</strong> hidden-1d FS coming from chains along the crystal b axis and double oblique hidden 1-d lines coming from chains along the crystal (b±c) axes. The latter are characterized by a single nesting vector Q CDW , similar to the situation <strong>of</strong> other 2-d hidden-1d materials like NaMo 6 O 17 and KMo 6 O 17 [3]. Fig 2 shows the temperature dependent change <strong>of</strong> the valence band spectrum at point A and B respectively. We have observed that there is a small gap opening <strong>of</strong> size ~15meV only at the point A accompanied with a change in the line shape, while at the point B, which is a part <strong>of</strong> the remnant FS that is not nested by Q CDW, the spectrum does not show any change as the temperature decreases. Even more interesting, this material also shows the same ARPES line shape anomalies and lack <strong>of</strong> Fermi edge in the angle integrated spectrum, that we have identified in other low dimensional metals and that are most easily rationalized within an electron fractionalization scenario that includes for the quasi-2d systems the idea <strong>of</strong> a “melted holon” part <strong>of</strong> the lineshape, arising from disorder [4]. This lineshape is neatly confined to the electronic bandwidth but is essentially featureless in energy and k. It is best seen in a region <strong>of</strong> k-space where all dispersing peaks lie above the Fermi energy. Fig. 3 shows the “melted holon” lineshape <strong>of</strong> η-Mo 4 O 11 obtained at such a point in k-space, along the yellow line marked in the Fig. 1. Disorder that could be responsible is known in this material [5]. More detailed studies on the lineshapes and also <strong>of</strong> the 30 K CDW transition are in progress. The work at <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Michigan is supported by the US NSF grant No. DMR-0302825. The <strong>SRC</strong> is supported by the US NSF grant No. DMR-00-84402. References [1] S. Hill et al., Phys. Rev. B 58, 10778 (1998). [2] E. Canadell et al., Inorganic Chemistry 28, 1466 (1989) [3] G. –H. Gweon et al., Phys. Rev. B 55, R14453 (1997). * current address: Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720