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Occurrence of a Mott-like gap in single-particle spectra of electron systems possessing flat bands

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An unconventional type of the Mott’s insulators where the gap in the spectrum of single-particle excitations is associated with repulsive effective interactions between quasiparticles is shown to exist in strongly correlated electron systems of solids that possess flat bands. The occurrence of this gap is demonstrated to be the consequence of violation of particle–hole symmetry, inherent in such systems. The results obtained are applied to elucidate the Fermi arc structure observed at temperatures up to 100 K in angle-resolved photoemission spectra of the compound Sr2IrO4, not showing superconductivity down to low T.

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  2. McDonnell Center for the Space Science and Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA

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Khodel, V.A. Occurrence of a Mott-like gap in single-particle spectra of electron systems possessing flat bands. Jetp Lett. 103, 702–707 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364016110060

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