Determining the local low-energy excitations in the Kondo semimetal CeRu${}_4$Sn${}_6$ using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering

Abstract

We have investigated the local low-energy excitations in CeRu${}_4$Sn${}_6$, a material discussed recently in the framework of strongly correlated Weyl semimetals, by means of Ce $M_5$ resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS). The availability of both ${}^2$F${}_{\frac{5}{2}}$ and ${}^2$F${}_{\frac{7}{2}}$ excitations of the Ce $4f^1$ configuration in the spectra allows for the determination of the crystal-electric field parameters that explain quantitatively the temperature dependence and anisotropy of the magnetic susceptibility. The absence of an azimuthal dependence in the spectra indicates that all crystal-electric field states are close to being rotational symmetric. We show further that the non-negligible impact of the ${\check{A}}_6^0$ parameter on the ground state of CeRu${}_4$Sn${}_6$ leads to a reduction of the magnetic moment due to multiplet intermixing. The RIXS results are consistent with inelastic neutron scattering (INS) data and are compared to the predictions from \textsl{ab-initio} based electronic structure calculations.

arXiv comment9 pages and 7 figures, submitted

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