Unusual quasi-one-dimensional electron dispersions in the spin-1/2   quantum magnet TiOCl
  We have studied the electronic structure of the spin-1/2 quantum magnet TiOCl by polarization-dependent momentum-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy. From that, we confirm the quasi-one-dimensional nature of the electronic structure along the crystallographic b-axis and find no evidence for sizable phonon-induced orbital fluctuations as origin for the non-canonical phenomenology of the spin-Peierls transition in this compound. A comparison of the experimental data to our own LDA+U and Hubbard model calculations reveals a striking lack of understanding regarding the quasi-one-dimensional electron dispersions in the normal state of this compound. 
M. Hoinkis, M. Sing, J. Schaefer, M. Klemm, S. Horn, H. Benthien, E.   Jeckelmann, T. Saha-Dasgupta, L. Pisani, R. Valenti, ...