Pinball liquid phase from Hund's coupling in frustrated transition-metal oxides

The interplay of nonlocal Coulomb repulsion and Hund’s coupling in the d-orbital manifold in frustrated triangular lattices is analyzed by a multiband extended Hubbard model.We find a rich phase diagram with several competing phases, including a robust pinball liquid phase, which is an unconventiona...

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Autores: Ralko, Arnaud, Merino Troncoso, Jaime, Fratini, Simone
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/672897
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/672897
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.165139
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hund’s coupling
Hubbard model
Robust pinball
Transition-metal oxides
Física
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Sumario:The interplay of nonlocal Coulomb repulsion and Hund’s coupling in the d-orbital manifold in frustrated triangular lattices is analyzed by a multiband extended Hubbard model.We find a rich phase diagram with several competing phases, including a robust pinball liquid phase, which is an unconventional metal characterized by threefold charge order, bad metallic behavior, and the emergence of high-spin local moments. Our results naturally explain the anomalous charge-ordered metallic state observed in the triangular layered compound AgNiO2. The potential relevance to other triangular transition-metal oxides is discussed