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Correlated order at the tipping point in the kagome metal CsV3Sb5

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Guo,  C.
Microstructured Quantum Matter Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;

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Putzke,  C.
Microstructured Quantum Matter Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;

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Wang,  K.
Microstructured Quantum Matter Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;

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Zhang,  L.
Microstructured Quantum Matter Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;

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Moll,  P. J. W.
Microstructured Quantum Matter Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;

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Guo, C., Wagner, G., Putzke, C., Chen, D., Wang, K., Zhang, L., et al. (2024). Correlated order at the tipping point in the kagome metal CsV3Sb5. Nature Physics, 20(4), 579-584. doi:10.1038/s41567-023-02374-z.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000C-E73F-A
Abstract
Spontaneously broken symmetries are at the heart of many phenomena of quantum matter and physics more generally. However, determining the exact symmetries that are broken can be challenging due to imperfections such as strain, in particular when multiple electronic orders are competing. This is exemplified by charge order in some kagome systems, where evidence of nematicity and flux order from orbital currents remains inconclusive due to contradictory measurements. Here we clarify this controversy by fabricating highly symmetric samples of a member of this family, CsV3Sb5, and measuring their transport properties. We find that a measurable anisotropy is absent at any temperature in the unperturbed material. However, a pronounced in-plane transport anisotropy appears when either weak magnetic fields or strains are present. A symmetry analysis indicates that a perpendicular magnetic field can indeed lead to in-plane anisotropy by inducing a flux order coexisting with more conventional bond order. Our results provide a unifying picture for the controversial charge order in kagome metals and highlight the need for materials control at the microscopic scale in the identification of broken symmetries.