Emergent Dynamical Kondo Coherence and Competing Magnetic Order in a Correlated Kagome Flat-Band Metal CsCr 6 Sb 6

Read full text
Authors: Xiangqi Liu, Xue‐Feng Zhang, J. C. Jiao, Renjie Zhang, K. W. Chen, Ying Wang, Yunguan Ye, Zhenhai Yu, Chengyu Jiang, Xia Wang, Bei Jiang, Yaobo Huang
+4 more Gang Li, Baiqing Lv, Gang Li, Yanfeng Guo
Cited by: 2
References: 60

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