Temperature effects in excitonic condensation driven by the lattice distortion

Abstract

AbstractThe stability of the excitonic condensation at low temperature driven by a coupling of electrons to vibrational degrees of freedom in a semimetal two‐dimensional electronic system is discussed. In the framework of the unrestricted Hartree–Fock approximation, we derive a set of equations to determine both the excitonic condensate order parameter and lattice displacement self‐consistently. By lowering the temperature, we find a semimetal–insulator transition in the system if the coupling is large enough. The insulating state typifies an excitonic condensation accompanied by a finite lattice distortion. On increasing temperature, both excitonic condensate order parameter and the lattice distortion decrease and then disappear in the same manner. Microscopic analysis in momentum space strongly specifies that the excitonic condensate driven by the lattice distortion favors the BCS type.