Abstract
We report angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy experiments probing deep into the hidden-order state of , utilizing tunable photon energies with sufficient energy and momentum resolution to detect the near Fermi-surface (FS) behavior. Our results reveal (i) the full itinerancy of the electrons, (ii) the crucial three-dimensional -space nature of the FS and its critical nesting vectors, in good comparison with density-functional theory calculations, and (iii) the existence of hot-spot lines and pairing of states at the FS, leading to FS gapping in the hidden-order phase.
- Received 14 February 2013
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.127002
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