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Analysis of Charge Order in the Kagome Metal VSb (K,Rb,Cs)

arXiv:2103.14045 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.217601

Abstract

Motivated by the recent discovery of unconventional charge order, we develop a theory of electronically mediated charge density wave formation in the family of kagome metals VSb (K,Rb,Cs). The intertwining of van Hove filling and sublattice interference suggests a three-fold charge density wave instability at T. From there, the charge order forming below T can unfold into a variety of phases capable of exhibiting orbital currents and nematicity. We develop a Ginzburg Landau formalism to stake out the parameter space of kagome charge order. We find a nematic chiral charge order to be energetically preferred, which shows tentative agreement with experimental evidence.

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