Quasiparticle interference of heavy fermions in resonant X-ray scattering

Abstract

Resonant X-ray scattering (RXS) has recently become an increasingly important tool for the study of ordering phenomena in correlated electron systems. Yet, the interpretation of the RXS experiments remains theoretically challenging due to the complexity of the RXS cross-section. Central to this debate is the recent proposal that impurity-induced Friedel oscillations, akin to quasiparticle interference signals observed with the scanning tunneling microscope (STM), can lead to scattering peaks in the RXS experiments. The possibility that quasiparticle properties can be probed in RXS measurements opens up a new avenue to study the bulk band structure of materials with the orbital and element selectivity provided by RXS. Here, we test these ideas by combining RXS and STM measurements of the heavy fermion compound CeMIn${}_5$ (M = Co, Rh). Temperature and doping dependent RXS measurements at the Ce-M${}_4$ edge show a broad scattering enhancement that correlates with the appearance of heavy f-electron bands in these compounds. The scattering enhancement is consistent with the measured quasiparticle interference signal in the STM measurements, indicating that quasiparticle interference can be probed through the momentum distribution of RXS signals. Overall, our experiments demonstrate new opportunities for studies of correlated electronic systems using the RXS technique.

arXiv commentaccepted to Science Advances

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