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自旋轨道耦合铱酸盐及相关系统对称破缺序参量的重整化群研究

A Renormalization-Group Study of the Symmetry-Breaking Order Parameters in Spin-Orbit Coupled Iridates and Related Systems

Tanmoy Das, Armin Rahmani

摘要:

本文采用重整化群(RG)方法研究了强自旋-轨道耦合(SOC)多轨道关联材料中各种形式的密度波序参量之间的竞争.计算仅限于模型与两个自旋轨道分裂带具有较强的带间费米面嵌套。我们发现,对于这样的费米表面拓扑结构,带间嵌套和SOC之间的相互作用强烈增强了轨道间库仑相互作用(相对于其他相互作用)的系统接近一个稳定的固定点。这导致一个奇异的自旋轨道密度波(SODW)成为能量上有利的破缺态。虽然结论是通用的费米表面拓扑结构,能带结构和数值计算结果的铱酸盐系统。我们还发现,SODW的电子指纹更好地符合各种实验结果比传统的自旋密度波(SDW),解释了长期存在的问题,在这些系统中的金属-绝缘体转变的起源。

英文摘要:

We study the competition between various forms of density-wave-like order parameters that may arise in multi-orbital correlated materials with strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC) within a renormalization-group (RG) approach. The calculations are restricted to models with two spin-orbit split bands having strong inter-band Fermi surface nesting. We find that for such Fermi surface topology, the interplay between the inter-band nesting and SOC strongly enhances the inter-orbital Coulomb interaction (relative to other interactions) as the system approaches a stable fixed point. This results in an exotic spin-orbit density wave (SODW) to become the energetically favorable symmetry-broken state. While the conclusions are generic to such a Fermi surface topology, the band structure and the numerical results are presented for the iridate systems. We also find that the electronic fingerprints of the SODW are in better agreement with various experimental results than a conventional spin density wave (SDW), explaining the long-standing problem of the origin of the metal-insulator transition in these systems.

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