Angle-resolved photoemissions studies were conducted on single-crystal (TaSe4)(2)I samples above and below the charge-density-wave transition temperature (T-CDW) of 260 K. We observed a shift of the leading photoemission edge between 300 and 60 K consistent with resistivity measurements performed on the same sample: a band gap opens throughout the Brillouin zone below T-CDW. However, several aspects of the data are difficult to reconcile with any standard model.
Klaus Kern, Magalí Alejandra Lingenfelder, Fernando Pablo Cometto, Bart Willem Stel, Daniel Eduardo Hurtado Salinas
Philip Johannes Walter Moll, Maja Deborah Bachmann, Matthias Carsten Putzke