Fermi surface and band structure of BiPd from ARPES studies

We present a detailed electronic structure study of the non-centrosymmetric superconductor BiPd based on our angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements and Density Functional Theory (DFT) based calculations. We observe a high intensity distribution on the Fermi surface (FS) of this compound resulting from various electron and hole like bands which are present in the vicinity of the Fermi energy (E${}_f$). The near E${}_f$ states are primarily composed of Bi-6p with a little admixture of Pd-4d${}_{x^2-y^2\mathrm{/}zy}$ orbitals. There are various spin-orbit split bands involved in the crossing of E${}_f$ making a complex FS. The FS mainly consists of multi sheets of three dimensions which disfavor the nesting between different sheets of the FS. Our comprehensive study elucidates that BiPd could be a s-wave multiband superconductor.