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    Evidence for mass renormalization in LaNiO$"" sub 3_: an in situ soft x-ray photoemission study of epitaxial films

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    We investigate the electronic structure of high-quality single-crystal LaNiO3_3 (LNO) thin films using in situ photoemission spectroscopy (PES). The in situ high-resolution soft x-ray PES measurements on epitaxial thin films reveal the intrinsic electronic structure of LNO. We find a new sharp feature in the PES spectra crossing the Fermi level, which is derived from the correlated Ni 3dd ege_g electrons. This feature shows significant enhancement of spectral weight with decreasing temperature. From a detailed analysis of resistivity data, the enhancement of spectral weight is attributed to increasing electron correlations due to antiferromagnetic fluctuations.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. submitted to Phys. Rev.

    Temperature dependent Eu 3d-4f X-ray Absorption and Resonant Photoemission Study of the Valence Transition in EuNi2(Si0.2Ge0.8)2EuNi_2(Si_{0.2}Ge_{0.8})_2

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    We study the mixed valence transition (TTv_{v} ∼\sim80 K) in EuNi2_{2}(Si0.2_{0.2}Ge0.8_{0.8})2_{2} using Eu 3d−4fd-4f X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and resonant photoemission spectroscopy (RESPES). The Eu2+^{2+} and Eu3+^{3+} main peaks show a giant resonance and the spectral features match very well with atomic multiplet calculations. The spectra show dramatic temperature (TT)-dependent changes over large energies (∼\sim10 eV) in RESPES and XAS. The observed non-integral mean valencies of ∼\sim2.35 ±\pm 0.03 (TT = 120 K) and ∼\sim2.70 ±\pm 0.03 (TT = 40 K) indicate homogeneous mixed valence above and below TTv_{v}. The redistribution between Eu2+^{2+}4f74f^7+[spd]0[spd]^0 and Eu3+^{3+}4f64f^6+[spd]1[spd]^1 states is attributed to a hybridization change coupled to a Kondo-like volume collapse.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure

    Recoil effects of photoelectrons in a solid

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    High energy resolution C 1ss photoelectron spectra of graphite were measured at the excitation energy of 340, 870, 5950 and 7940eV using synchrotron radiation. On increasing the excitation energy, i.e., increasing kinetic energy of the photoelectron, the bulk origin C 1ss peak position shifts to higher binding energies. This systematic shift is due to the kinetic energy loss of the high-energy photoelectron by kicking the atom, and is clear evidence of the recoil effect in photoelectron emission. It is also observed that the asymmetric broadening increases for the higher energy photoelectrons. All these recoil effects can be quantified in the same manner as the M\"ossbauer effect for γ\gamma-ray emission from nuclei embedded in crystals.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure

    Photoemission evidence for a Mott-Hubbard metal-insulator transition in VO2_2

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    The temperature (TT) dependent metal-insulator transition (MIT) in VO2_2 is investigated using bulk sensitive hard x-ray (∼\sim 8 keV) valence band, core level, and V 2p−3dp-3d resonant photoemission spectroscopy (PES). The valence band and core level spectra are compared with full-multiplet cluster model calculations including a coherent screening channel. Across the MIT, V 3dd spectral weight transfer from the coherent (d1C‾d^1\underbar{\it {C}} final) states at Fermi level to the incoherent (d0+d1L‾d^{0}+d^1\underbar{\it {L}} final) states, corresponding to the lower Hubbard band, lead to gap-formation. The spectral shape changes in V 1ss and V 2pp core levels as well as the valence band are nicely reproduced from a cluster model calculations, providing electronic structure parameters. Resonant-PES finds that the d1L‾d^1\underbar{\it{L}} states resonate across the V 2p−3dp-3d threshold in addition to the d0d^{0} and d1C‾d^1\underbar{\it {C}} states. The results support a Mott-Hubbard transition picture for the first order MIT in VO2_2.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures. to be published in Phys. Rev.

    Evidence for a correlated insulator to antiferromagnetic metal transition in CrN

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    We investigate the electronic structure of Chromium Nitride (CrN) across the first-order magneto-structural transition at T_N ~ 286 K. Resonant photoemission spectroscopy shows a gap in the 3d partial density of states at the Fermi level and an On-site Coulomb energy U ~ 4.5 eV, indicating strong electron-electron correlations. Bulk-sensitive high resolution (6 meV) laser photoemission reveals a clear Fermi edge indicating an antiferromagnetic metal below T_N. Hard x-ray Cr 2p core-level spectra show T-dependent changes across T_N which originate from screening due to coherent states as substantiated by cluster model calculations using the experimentally observed U. The electrical resistivity confirms an insulator above T_N (E_g ~ 70 meV) which becomes a disordered metal below T_N. The results indicate CrN transforms from a correlated insulator to an antiferromagnetic metal, coupled to the magneto-structural transition.Comment: Submitted to Physical Review Letters (February 2010) 11 pages, 3 figures in the main text, 1 Supplementary Informatio

    Revisiting the valence-band and core-level photoemission spectra of NiO

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    We have re-examined the valence-band (VB) and core-level electronic structure of NiO by means of hard and soft x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (PES). The spectral weight of the lowest energy state found to be enhanced in the bulk sensitive Ni 2p core-level PES. A configuration-interaction model including the bound state screening has shown significant agreement with the core-level spectra, and the off and on-resonance VB spectra. These results identify the lowest energy state in core-level and VB-PES as the Zhang-Rice doublet bound state, consistent with the spin-fermion model and recent ab initio calculation with dynamical mean-field theory (LDA + DMFT).Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
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