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Tracing quasiparticle dynamics and hybridization dynamics in PuCoGa5

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2024-11-20 v1

Abstract

PuCoGa5 has attracted significant attention due to its record-breaking superconducting transition temperature Tc=18.5 K among known f-electron superconductors. Here we systematically investigated the evolution of correlated electronic states in the plutonium-based unconventional superconductor PuCoGa5 upon temperature using the embedded dynamical mean-field theory merged with density functional theory. The mixed-valence nature of PuCoGa5 leads to intriguing quasiparticle dynamics and hybridization dynamics. Our findings reveal the presence of Dirac fermions and a temperature-driven localized-itinerant crossover of 5f states. As the temperature decreases, the low-energy quasiparticle resonances develop gradually, while the high-energy quasiparticle resonances exhibit quite different behaviors with an initial increase and subsequent decrease. Furthermore, we identified a characteristic temperature of approximately 290 K for the onset of hybridization gaps, which is much lower than the coherence temperature 580 K for 5f electrons. These results provide valuable insight on the the electronic structures, quasiparticle dynamics, and hybridization processes in 5f correlated electron systems.

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@article{arxiv.2411.12468,
  title  = {Tracing quasiparticle dynamics and hybridization dynamics in PuCoGa5},
  author = {Li Huang and Haiyan Lu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.12468},
  year   = {2024}
}

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9 pages, 8 figures

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