Orbital-Selective Quasiparticle Depletion across the Density Wave Transition in Trilayer Nickelate
Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 136505 – Published 25 September, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/1tp1-y73g
Abstract
We investigate the evolution of polarized electronic response in trilayer nickelate , reporting a systematic reduction of the incoherent electron continuum across the density wave transition in the and representations. Analysis based on the Fermi surface band curvatures points to quasiparticle coherence in momentum positions with dominant orbital character. Our findings establish the symmetry channels and the active role of orbitals involved in the density wave formation, offering important insight into the electronic and magnetic correlations in the nickelate.