Abstract
Angle-resolved photoemission is employed to measure the band structure of in order to clarify the nature of the ( ) charge density wave transition. The results show a very small indirect gap in the normal phase transforming into a larger indirect gap at a different location in the Brillouin zone. Fermi surface topology is irrelevant in this case. Instead, electron-hole coupling together with a novel indirect Jahn-Teller effect drives the transition.
- Received 8 November 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.226402
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