Large Fermi surface in pristine kagome metal CsV 3 Sb 5 and enhanced quasiparticle effective masses

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2024-05, Vol.121 (21), p.e2322270121
• Main Authors: Zhang, Wei, Poon, Tsz Fung, Tsang, Chun Wai, Wang, Wenyan, Liu, X, Xie, J, Lam, S T, Wang, Shanmin, Lai, Kwing To, Pourret, A, Seyfarth, G, Knebel, G, Yu, Wing Chi, Goh, Swee K
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Physics
• ISSN: 0027-8424; 1091-6490
• DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2322270121

The kagome metal CsV[Formula: see text]Sb[Formula: see text] is an ideal platform to study the interplay between topology and electron correlation. To understand the fermiology of CsV[Formula: see text]Sb[Formula: see text], intensive quantum oscillation (QO) studies at ambient pressure have been conducted. However, due to the Fermi surface reconstruction by the complicated charge density wave (CDW) order, the QO spectrum is exceedingly complex, hindering a complete understanding of the fermiology. Here, we directly map the Fermi surface of the pristine CsV[Formula: see text]Sb[Formula: see text] by measuring Shubnikov-de Haas QOs up to 29 T under pressure, where the CDW order is completely suppressed. The QO spectrum of the pristine CsV[Formula: see text]Sb[Formula: see text] is significantly simpler than the one in the CDW phase, and the detected oscillation frequencies agree well with our density functional theory calculations. In particular, a frequency as large as 8,200 T is detected. Pressure-dependent QO studies further reveal a weak but noticeable enhancement of the quasiparticle effective masses on approaching the critical pressure where the CDW order disappears, hinting at the presence of quantum fluctuations. Our high-pressure QO results reveal the large, unreconstructed Fermi surface of CsV[Formula: see text]Sb[Formula: see text], paving the way to understanding the parent state of this intriguing metal in which the electrons can be organized into different ordered states.