Photoemission spectroscopy and the unusually robust one-dimensional physics of lithium purple bronze

J Phys Condens Matter. 2013 Jan 9;25(1):014007. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/1/014007. Epub 2012 Dec 5.

Abstract

Temperature-dependent photoemission spectroscopy in Li(0.9)Mo(6)O(17) contributes to evidence for one-dimensional (1D) physics that is unusually robust. Three generic characteristics of the Luttinger liquid are observed: power law behavior of the k-integrated spectral function down to temperatures just above the superconducting transition, k-resolved lineshapes that show holon and spinon features, and quantum critical (QC) scaling in the lineshapes. Departures of the lineshapes and the scaling from expectations in the Tomonaga-Luttinger model can be partially described by a phenomenological momentum broadening that is presented and discussed. The possibility that some form of 1D physics obtains even down to the superconducting transition temperature is assessed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Lithium / chemistry*
  • Models, Chemical*
  • Models, Molecular*
  • Photoelectron Spectroscopy / methods*
  • Rheology / methods*
  • Solutions / chemistry*
  • Thermal Conductivity

Substances

  • Solutions
  • Lithium