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Testing Electron-phonon Coupling for the Superconductivity in Kagome Metal $\rm{CsV_3Sb_5}$

Superconductivity 2023-04-11 v2 Materials Science

Abstract

In crystalline materials, electron-phonon coupling (EPC) is a ubiquitous many-body interaction that drives conventional Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer superconductivity. Recently, in a new kagome metal CsV3Sb5\rm{CsV_3Sb_5}, superconductivity that possibly intertwines with time-reversal and spatial symmetry-breaking orders is observed. Density functional theory calculations predicted weak EPC strength,λ\lambda, supporting an unconventional pairing mechanism in CsV3Sb5\rm{CsV_3Sb_5}. However, experimental determination of λ\lambda is still missing, hindering a microscopic understanding of the intertwined ground state of CsV3Sb5\rm{CsV_3Sb_5}. Here, using 7-eV laser-based angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and Eliashberg function analysis, we determine an intermediate λ\lambda=0.45~0.6 at T=6 K for both Sb 5p and V 3d electronic bands, which can support a conventional superconducting transition temperature on the same magnitude of experimental value in CsV3Sb5\rm{CsV_3Sb_5}. Remarkably, the EPC on the V 3d-band enhances to λ\lambda~0.75 as the superconducting transition temperature elevated to 4.4 K in Cs(V0.93Nb0.07)3Sb5\rm{Cs(V_{0.93}Nb_{0.07})_3Sb_5}. Our results provide an important clue to understand the pairing mechanism in the Kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5\rm{CsV_3Sb_5}.

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@article{arxiv.2207.02407,
  title  = {Testing Electron-phonon Coupling for the Superconductivity in Kagome Metal $\rm{CsV_3Sb_5}$},
  author = {Yigui Zhong and Shaozhi Li and Hongxiong Liu and Yuyang Dong and Kohei Aido and Yosuke Arai and Haoxiang Li and Weilu Zhang and Youguo Shi and Ziqiang Wang and Shik Shin and H. N. Lee and H. Miao and Takeshi Kondo and Kozo Okazaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.02407},
  year   = {2023}
}

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