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Journal Article | FZJ-2021-04379 |
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2021
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Woodbury, NY
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Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/29374 doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.104.195138
Abstract: Recent theoretical calculations predict the presence of Dirac nodal lines with π Berry phase and related topological surface states in elemental alkaline-earth metals. Here we provide experimental and theoretical evidence for the existence of similar nodal lines also in hexagonal close-packed Yb, an element of the lanthanide series, in the limit of zero spin-orbit coupling. These topological properties emerge after taking into account self-energy corrections, which permit one to correctly describe the experimental low-energy electronic structure of Yb. By angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy we demonstrate the occurrence of topological surface states in Yb which are robust in the presence of the large spin-orbit coupling.
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