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Title: Magnetic phase diagram of a five-orbital Hubbard model in the real-space Hartree-Fock approximation varying the electronic density

Journal Article · · Physical Review B

Usingthereal-spaceHartree-Fockapproximation,themagneticphasediagramofa ve-orbitalHubbardmodelfortheiron-basedsuperconductorsisstudiedvaryingtheelectronicdensitynintherangefrom vetosevenelectronspertransitionmetalatom.TheHubbardinteractionUisalsovaried,ata xedHundcouplingJ/U=0.25.Severalqualitativetrendsandavarietyofcompetingmagneticstatesareobserved.Atn=5,arobustG-typeantiferromagneticinsulatorisfound,inagreementwithexperimentalresultsforBaMn2As2.Asnincreasesawayfrom5,magneticstateswithanincreasingnumberofnearest-neighborsferromagneticlinksbecomeenergeticallystable.Thisincludesthewell-knownC-typeantiferromagneticstateatn=6,theE-phaseknowntoexistinFeTe,andalsoavarietyofnovelstatesnotfoundyetexperimentally,someoftheminvolvingblocksofferromagneticallyorientedspins.Regionsofphaseseparation,asinMnoxides,havealsobeendetected.Comparisontoprevioustheoreticalinvestigationsindicatethatthesequalitativetrendsmaybegenericcharacteristicsofphasediagramsofmulti-orbitalHubbardmodels.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1126989
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 89, Issue 4; ISSN 1098--0121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English