American Physical Society, Physical Review Letters, 22(85), p. 4759-4762, 2000
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.85.4759
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The self-energy of the photo-hole in 2H-TaSe2 is measured by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) as a function of binding energy and temperature. In the charge-density wave (CDW) state, a structure in the self- energy is detected at ~ 65 meV that can not be explained by electron-phonon scattering. A reduction in the scattering rates below this energy indicates the collapse of a major scattering channel with the formation of the CDW state, accompanying the appearance of a bosonic "mode" in the excitation spectrum of the system. ; Comment: 4 pages, 4 eps figures, minor changes, references added