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自旋轨道量子临界点的激发和介电响应理论

Theory of excitations and dielectric response at a spin-orbital quantum critical point

Daniel Ish, Leon Balents

摘要:

尽管在铁位上具有局部自旋$2$矩和$45K$的居里-外斯温度,但A位尖晶石FeSc $_2$ S $_4$在低至50 mK时不磁性有序。Chen和Balents先前的理论工作以“$J_2$ - $λ$“模型的形式对这一观察结果进行了解释,该模型将FeSc $_2$ S $_4$置于量子相变无序侧的量子临界点附近,该相变介于Néel有序相和自旋和轨道纠缠的“自旋-轨道液体”之间,从而淬灭磁化。我们对$J_2$ - $λ$模型的光学性质进行了新的理论研究,包括准粒子激发的色散关系的计算和对电场的集体响应形式.我们认为,后者直接探测低能量激发连续特征的量子临界性,我们的结果加强了该模型与实验的一致性。

英文摘要:

Despite possessing a local spin $2$ moment on the iron site and a Curie-Weiss temperature of $45K$, the A site spinel FeSc$_2$S$_4$ does not magnetically order down to 50mK. Previous theoretical work by Chen and Balents advanced an explanation for this observation in the form of the "$J_2$-$λ$" model which places FeSc$_2$S$_4$ close to a quantum critical point on the disordered side of a quantum phase transition between a Néel ordered phase and a "Spin-Orbital Liquid" in which spins and orbitals are entangled, quenching the magnetization. We present new theoretical studies of the optical properties of the $J_2$-$λ$ model, including a computation of the dispersion relation for the quasiparticle excitations and the form of the collective response to electric field. We argue that the latter directly probes a low energy excitation continuum characteristic of quantum criticality, and that our results reinforce the consistency of this model with experiment.

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