Effect of electronic correlations in the electronic structure of MoTe₂

MoTe₂ has been recently predicted to be a type-II Weyl material by DFT calculations and ARPES experiments seem to agree with the DFT predictions. However, quantum oscillation experiments (QOE) disagree with the DFT calculations; the most noteworthy discrepancy is the absence of large hole pocket in the QOE which is predicted to form a Weyl point with the electron pocket by the DFT calculations. This raises doubt about the existence of Weyl physics in this material. In an attempt to understand and resolve the discrepancy between the QOE and the DFT calculations and ARPES measurements, we investigated the role of electronic correlations within the GGA+U and GW approximations.