Spectroscopic signatures of a bandwidth-controlled Mott transition at the surface of 1T-TaSe2

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Perfetti, L ^a   Georges, A ^b   Florens, S ^b   Biermann, S ^b,c   Mitrovic, S ^a   Berger, H ^a   Tomm, Y ^d   Hochst H ^e   Grioni, M ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; BAND STRUCTURE; BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ENERGY GAP; FERMI SURFACE; METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHOTOEMISSION;

DYNAMICAL MEAN FIELD THEORY; HUBBARD MODEL; MOTT TRANSITION; QUASIPARTICLE PEAK;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 0038540686     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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