Emergent Dynamical Kondo Coherence and Competing Magnetic Order in a Correlated Kagome Flat-Band Metal CsCr 6 Sb 6
Abstract
Correlated kagome metals host unique electronic states that enable exotic quantum phenomena. In the recently emerged CsCr_{6}Sb_{6}, these manifest through Kondo behavior from localized Cr-3d electrons and unprecedented band flattening near the Fermi level. Yet the intricate interplay among Kondo screening, magnetic frustration, and electronic correlations remains poorly understood-a fundamental gap we address through multifaceted experimental and theoretical approaches. Our angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements reveal electronic correlation-renormalized flat bands, and our muon spin relaxation study detects short-range magnetic order at T_{N}∼80 K. Complementing these findings, density-functional theory and dynamical mean-field theory calculations identify a coherent-incoherent crossover at T_{N}, with a remarkable restoration of coherence accompanying local moment suppression-an anomalous hallmark of Kondo behavior. Intriguingly, despite strong interlayer antiferromagnetic coupling, the system evades long-range magnetic order due to competing magnetic configurations separated by sub-meV energy differences. These insights establish CsCr_{6}Sb_{6} as a prototypical platform for investigating dynamical Kondo screening in correlated flat-band systems, opening new avenues to study flat-band physics and frustrated magnetism in correlated kagome lattices.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Topological Materials and Phenomena
Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
Rare-earth and actinide compounds
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Volume
- 136
- Issue
- 25
- Pages
- 256601–256601
- Publication date
- 20 May 2026
- Language
- EN