Unconventional Charge-Density Wave in the Organic Conductor α(BEDTTTF)2KHg(SCN)4

Kazumi Maki, Balázs Dóra, Mark Kartsovnik, Attila Virosztek, Bojana Korin-Hamzić, and Mario Basletić
Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 256402 – Published 26 June 2003

Abstract

The low temperature phase (LTP) of α(BEDTTTF)2KHg(SCN)4 salt is known for its surprising angular dependent magnetoresistance (ADMR), which has been studied intensively in the last decade. However, the nature of the LTP has not been understood until now. Here we analyze theoretically ADMR in unconventional (or nodal) charge-density wave (UCDW). In magnetic field the quasiparticle spectrum in UCDW is quantized, which gives rise to spectacular ADMR. The present model accounts for many striking features of ADMR data in α(BEDTTTF)2KHg(SCN)4.

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  • Received 31 October 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.256402

©2003 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Kazumi Maki1, Balázs Dóra2, Mark Kartsovnik3, Attila Virosztek4,5, Bojana Korin-Hamzić6, and Mario Basletić7

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0484, USA
  • 2The Abdus Salam ICTP, Strada Costiera 11, I-34014, Trieste, Italy
  • 3Walther-Meissner Institute, D-85748 Garching, Germany
  • 4Department of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, H-1521 Budapest, Hungary
  • 5Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, P.O. Box 49, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary
  • 6Institute of Physics, POB 304, HR-10001 Zagreb, Croatia
  • 7Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, POB 331, HR-10001 Zagreb, Croatia

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Vol. 90, Iss. 25 — 27 June 2003

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