# Electronic correlations and flattened band in magnetic Weyl semimetal candidate Co3Sn2S2

## TL;DR

This study investigates electronic correlations in the magnetic Weyl semimetal Co3Sn2S2, revealing intermediate correlation strength, a surviving Weyl semimetal state, and correlation-induced flat bands near the Fermi energy, advancing understanding of quantum phenomena in such materials.

## Contribution

It provides the first experimental estimate of electronic correlation strength in Co3Sn2S2 and demonstrates how correlations influence its Weyl semimetal state and flat-band formation.

## Key findings

- Electronic correlations are of intermediate strength in Co3Sn2S2.
- The Weyl semimetal state persists despite electronic correlations.
- Electronic correlations induce a flat band near the Fermi energy.

## Abstract

The interplay between electronic correlations and topological protection may offer a rich avenue for discovering emergent quantum phenomena in condensed matter. However, electronic correlations have so far been little investigated in Weyl semimetals (WSMs) by experiments. Here, we report a combined optical spectroscopy and theoretical calculation study on the strength of electronic correlations in a kagome magnet Co3Sn2S2 and the influence of electronic correlations on its WSM state expected within a single-particle picture. The electronic kinetic energy estimated from our optical data is about half of that obtained from single-particle ab initio calculations, which indicates intermediate-strength electronic correlations in this system. Furthermore, comparing the energy ratios between the interband-transition peaks at high energies in the experimental and single-particle-ab-initio-calculation derived optical conductivity spectra with the electronic bandwidth renormalization factors obtained by many-body calculations enables us to estimate the Coulomb-interaction strength (U ~ 4 eV) of electronic correlations in Co3Sn2S2. Our many-body calculations with U ~ 4 eV show that a WSM state, which is characterized by bulk Weyl cones and surface Fermi arcs, survives in this correlated electron system. Besides, a sharp experimental optical conductivity peak at low energy, which is absent in the single-particle-ab-initio-calculation-derived optical conductivity spectrum but is consistent with the optical conductivity peaks obtained by many-body calculations, indicates that an electronic band connecting the two Weyl cones is flattened by electronic correlations and emerges near the Fermi energy in Co3Sn2S2. Our work paves the way for exploring flat-band-generated quantum phenomena in WSMs.