Hysteretic Coherence Collapse Across the First Order CDW Transition in 1T-TaS2
The episode discusses a paper on 1T-TaS2 detailing a first-order charge-density wave transition between nearly commensurate and commensurate phases. The hosts focus on how tracking an in-gap state across heating and cooling cycles reveals thermal hysteresis, linking electronic structure changes to transport anomalies. This path dependence is crucial for understanding correlated systems and designing stable quantum states.