Polaronic Quasiparticles in the Valence-Transition Compound TmSe_{1-x}Te_{x}
Min, Chul-Hee
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Müller, Simon
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Choi, Woojae
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Dudy, Lenart
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Zabolotnyy, Volodymyr B.
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Heber, Michael
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Denlinger, Jonathan D.
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Kang, Chang-jong
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Kalläne, Matthias
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Wind, Nils O.
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Scholz, Markus R.
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Lee, Tienlin
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Schlueter, Christoph
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Gloskovskii, Andrei V.
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Rienks, Emile D.L.
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Hinkov, Vladimir
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Bentmann, Hendrik
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Kwon, Yong Seung
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Reinert, Friedrich T.
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Kim, H. D.
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Rossnagel, Kai
Exotic quasiparticle states have been proposed in mixed-valent compounds exhibiting valence transitions. However, clear spectroscopic evidence identifying these states has remained elusive. Using synchrotron-based hard x-ray and extreme ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy, we have probed the Tm 3d and 4f emissions in TmSe_{1-x}Te_{x}, where a Te concentration-dependent semimetal-insulator transition occurs alongside the valence transition. Our photoemission results, which are characteristic o