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Spectral signatures of the BCS-BEC crossover in the excitonic insulator phase of the extended Falicov-Kimball model

arXiv:1003.0765 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.81.205117

Abstract

We explore the spontaneous formation of an excitonic insulator state at the semimetal-semiconductor transition of mixed-valence materials in the framework of the spinless Falicov-Kimball model with direct - electron hopping. Adapting the projector-based renormalization method, we obtain a set of renormalization differential equations for the extended Falicov-Kimball model parameters and finally derive analytical expressions for the order parameter, as well as for the renormalized - and -electron dispersions, momentum distributions, and wave-vector resolved single-particle spectral functions. Our numerical results proved the valence transition picture, related to the appearance of the excitonic insulator phase, in the case of overlapping and bands. Thereby the photoemission spectra show significant differences between the weak-to-intermediate and intermediate-to-strong Coulomb attraction regimes, indicating a BCS-BEC transition of the excitonic condensate.

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