Direct detection of dimer orbitals in Ba${}_5$AlIr${}_2$O${}_{11}$

Y. Wang, Ruitang Wang, Jungho Kim +7

The electronic states of many Mott insulators, including iridates, are often conceptualized in terms of localized atomic states such as the famous "$J_{\text{eff}}=1/2$ state". Altho…