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The Kagome lattice is an important fundamental structure in condensed matter physics for investigating the interplay of electron correlation, topology, and frustrated magnetism. Recent work on Kagome metals in the AV3Sb5 (A = K, Rb, Cs)…
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Here we resolve the real-space nature of the high-temperature, short-range charge correlations in the kagome metal ScV$_6$Sn$_6$. Diffuse scattering appears along a frustrated wave vector $\textbf{q}_H=(\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{2})$…
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Despite much experimental and theoretical work, the nature of the charge order in the kagome metals belonging to the family of materials AV$_3$Sb$_5$ (A=Cs,Rb,K) remains controversial. A crucial ingredient for the identification of the…
I search for the ground state structures of the kagome metals KV$_3$Sb$_5$, RbV$_3$Sb$_5$, and CsV$_3$Sb$_5$ using first principles calculations. Group-theoretical analysis shows that there are seventeen different distortions that are…
The interplay of superconductivity with electronic and structural instabilities on the kagome lattice provides a fertile ground for the emergence of unusual phenomena. The vanadium-based kagome metals $A$V$_3$Sb$_5$ ($A=$ K, Rb, Cs) exhibit…
Coexisting density-wave and superconducting states along with the large anomalous Hall effect in the absence of local magnetism remain intriguing and enigmatic features of the AV$_3$Sb$_5$ kagome metals (A = K, Rb, Cs). Here, we demonstrate…
The recent discovery of a charge density wave order at the wave vector $P$ $(\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{3})$ in the kagome metal ScV$_6$Sn$_6$ has created a mystery because subsequent theoretical and experimental studies show a…
Frustrated kagome magnets provide a fertile platform for unconventional collective quantum phenomena, yet the role of lattice distortion in reorganizing magnetic degrees of freedom and controlling low-energy physics remains poorly…
Motivated by the recent discovery of superconductivity in the kagome $A$V$_3$Sb$_5$ ($A$: K, Rb, Cs) metals, we perform a theoretical study of the symmetry-allowed superconducting orders on the two-dimensional kagome lattice with focus on…
Kagome materials are emerging platforms for studying charge and spin orders. In this work, we have revealed a rich lattice instability in a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ kagome metal ScV$_6$Sn$_6$ by first-principles calculations. Beyond verifying the…
We present the magnetic orders and excitations of the distorted kagome intermetallic magnet TmAgGe. Using neutron single crystal diffraction we identify the propagation vectors $\bf{k}$ = (1/2 0 0) and $\bf{k}$ = (0 0 0) and determine the…
In kagome metals AV3Sb5 (A = K, Rb, Cs), three-dimensional charge order (3D-CO) is the primary instability that sets the stage for other collective orders to emerge, including unidirectional stripe order, orbital flux order, electronic…
The recent discovery of the $A$V$_3$Sb$_5$ ($A=$ K, Rb, Cs) material family offers an exciting opportunity to investigate the interplay of correlations, topology, and superconductivity in kagome metals. The low energy physics of these…
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