Thermodynamical Signatures of an Excitonic Insulator

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2008-02-22

arxiv.org/abs/0802.3354v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4 pages, 4 figures

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In the 1960s speculations arose if a ground state exists in solid state materials with an electron and a hole bound to a pair with their spins added to integer values, i.e. excitons. Here we show that electrons and holes in TmSe0.45Te0.55 do form excitons as the thermodynamical ground state. The formation of a large number of excitons in an indirect gap semiconductor requires momentum conservation by means of phonons and, hence, implies a significant change of the heat capacity of the lattice, as found experimentally. The thermodynamically derived phase diagram sustains a bosonic ground state in condensed matter.

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