Electron-momentum dependence of electron-phonon coupling underlies dramatic phonon renormalization in YNi2B2C
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Publication Date
- Jan 11, 2022
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 1
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27843-y
- Source
- Springer Nature
- Disciplines
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- Green
Abstract
Phonon anomalies are commonly attributed to Fermi-surface nesting or phonon anharmonicity, but these mechanisms do not apply in all cases. Here, the authors propose a new mechanism based on electron-momentum-dependent electron-phonon coupling in the case of YNi2B2C, that could also apply to other materials.