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dc.contributor.authorSun, Zhixiang
dc.contributor.authorMaldonado, Ana
dc.contributor.authorPaz, Wendel
dc.contributor.authorInosov, Dmytro
dc.contributor.authorSchnyder, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorPalacios, J. J.
dc.contributor.authorShitsevalova, Natalya Yu.
dc.contributor.authorFilippov, Vladimir
dc.contributor.authorWahl, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-22T10:30:06Z
dc.date.available2018-05-22T10:30:06Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-06
dc.identifier.citationSun , Z , Maldonado , A , Paz , W , Inosov , D , Schnyder , A , Palacios , J J , Shitsevalova , N Y , Filippov , V & Wahl , P 2018 , ' Observation of a well-defined hybridization gap and in-gap states on the SmB 6 (001) surface ' , Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics , vol. 97 , no. 23 , 235107 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.235107en
dc.identifier.issn1098-0121
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 253120461
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 51600da1-4601-4a4c-88d8-056917d5ae4f
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85048368849
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-8635-1519/work/46939655
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000434256900003
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/13446
dc.descriptionP.W. acknowledge financial support from EPSRC (EP/I031014/1).en
dc.description.abstractThe rise of topology in condensed matter physics has generated strong interest in identifying novel quantum materials in which topological protection is driven by electronic correlations. Samarium hexaboride is a Kondo insulator for which it has been proposed that a band inversion between 5d  and 4f  bands gives rise to topologically protected surface states. However, unambiguous proof of the existence and topological nature of these surface states is still missing, and its low-energy electronic structure is still not fully established. Here we present a study of samarium hexaboride by ultra-low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. We obtain clear atomically resolved topographic images of the sample surface. Our tunneling spectra reveal signatures of a hybridization gap with a size of about 8 meV   and with a reduction of the differential conductance inside the gap by almost half, and surprisingly, several strong resonances below the Fermi level. The spatial variations of the energy of the resonances point towards a microscopic variation of the electronic states by the different surface terminations. High-resolution tunneling spectra acquired at 100 mK reveal a splitting of the Kondo resonance, possibly due to the crystal electric field.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPhysical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physicsen
dc.rights© 2018, American Physical Society. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.235107en
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subjectTK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineeringen
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.subject.lccTKen
dc.titleObservation of a well-defined hybridization gap and in-gap states on the SmB6 (001) surfaceen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorEPSRCen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Condensed Matter Physicsen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.235107
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumberEP/I031014/1en


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