Electron-hole coupling and the charge density wave transition in TiSe2

Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Jun 3;88(22):226402. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.226402. Epub 2002 May 17.

Abstract

Angle-resolved photoemission is employed to measure the band structure of TiSe2 in order to clarify the nature of the ( 2 x 2 x 2) charge density wave transition. The results show a very small indirect gap in the normal phase transforming into a larger indirect gap at a different location in the Brillouin zone. Fermi surface topology is irrelevant in this case. Instead, electron-hole coupling together with a novel indirect Jahn-Teller effect drives the transition.