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| Format: | Preprint |
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2026
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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07200 |
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- The time-resolved angle-resolved photoemission spectra of WSe$_2$, a paradigmatic transition metal dichalcogenide, are dominated by a transient signal that, after being initially observed in the gap at the K valley, scatters, on an ultra-fast time scale of $\sim$ 30 fs, to the $Σ$ valley. In this work we question the common interpretation of the experimental dynamics in terms of a massive bound electron-hole exciton that scatters with phonons and behaves as a quasi-particle. By using a combined theoretical and experimental investigation, we demonstrate that the observed dynamics can be interpreted as the photo-induced transition from direct to indirect excitonic-insulating order. The features that appear in the experimental spectrum correspond to single-particle levels renormalized by the excitonic spontaneous polarization.