Abstract
Angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) on the quasi-one-dimensional conductor (TaSe4)2I shows a hidden Fermi-surface crossing in its metallic state and the opening of a Peierls gap at low temperatures. The underlying quasiparticles have vanishing spectral weight and extremely short coherence lengths. They are interpreted as polarons in the strong-coupling adiabatic limit, and almost all their ARPES weight is incoherent. These observations suggest a scenario where the long-standing contradictions between ARPES and other experiments on Peierls materials could be resolved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 216404-1-216404-4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue number | 21 |
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| Publication status | Published - 19 Nov 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |