Competing charge-density wave instabilities in the kagome metal ScV6Sn6

Abstract Owing to its unique geometry, the kagome lattice hosts various many-body quantum states including frustrated magnetism, superconductivity, and charge-density waves (CDWs). In this work, using inelastic X-ray scattering, we discover a dynamic short-range $$\sqrt{3}\times \sqrt{3}\times 2$$ 3...

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Main Authors: Saizheng Cao, Chenchao Xu, Hiroshi Fukui, Taishun Manjo, Ying Dong, Ming Shi, Yang Liu, Chao Cao, Yu Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43454-1