Strong Electron Correlations in the Normal State of the Iron-Based Superconductor Observed by Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy

A Tamai, AY Ganin, E Rozbicki, J Bacsa… - Physical review …, 2010 - APS
Physical review letters, 2010APS
We investigate the normal state of the “11” iron-based superconductor FeSe 0.42 Te 0.58 by
angle-resolved photoemission. Our data reveal a highly renormalized quasiparticle
dispersion characteristic of a strongly correlated metal. We find sheet dependent effective
carrier masses between≈<? format?> 3 and 16 me corresponding to a mass enhancement
over band structure values of m*/m band≈ 6–20. This is nearly an order of magnitude
higher than the renormalization reported previously for iron-arsenide superconductors of the …
We investigate the normal state of the “11” iron-based superconductor by angle-resolved photoemission. Our data reveal a highly renormalized quasiparticle dispersion characteristic of a strongly correlated metal. We find sheet dependent effective carrier masses between ≈<?format ?>3 and 16me corresponding to a mass enhancement over band structure values of . This is nearly an order of magnitude higher than the renormalization reported previously for iron-arsenide superconductors of the “1111” and “122” families but fully consistent with the bulk specific heat.
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