Preformed excitonic liquid route to a charge density wave in 2H-TaSe2

Recent experiments on 2H-TaSe(2) contradict the long-held view of the charge density wave arising from a nested band structure. An intrinsically strong coupling view, involving a charge density wave state arising as a Bose condensation of preformed excitons emerges as an attractive, albeit scantily investigated alternative. Using the local density approximation plus multiorbital dynamic mean field theory, we show that this scenario agrees with a variety of normal state data for 2H-TaSe(2). Based thereupon, the ordered states in a subset of dichalcogenides should be viewed as instabilities of a correlated, preformed excitonic liquid.