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High-order van Hove singularities and nematic instability in the kagome superconductor CsTiBi

arXiv:2410.20944 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.111.045135

Abstract

ATiBi (A = Cs or Rb) are emerging topological kagome metals that exhibit superconductivity and nematicity without intertwining translational symmetry-breaking charge orders. In this work, we explore the fermiology of their titanium kagome electrons and identify a set of sublattice-pure, high-order van Hove singularities (VHSs) that can suppress charge ordering and enhance electronic correlations and superconductivity. Our calculations of charge susceptibility for kagome bands with both normal and high-order VHSs emphasize the role of these VHSs in driving electronic nematicity in CsTiBi. Additionally, we compute the phonon spectrum and electron-phonon interactions for CsTiBi under pristine, doped, and kagome-exposed surface conditions, revealing its robustness against structural instabilities while enhancing the superconducting transition temperature. Our work positions ATiBi as a key platform for investigating superconductivity and electronic nematicity without translational symmetry-breaking states in kagome metals.

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