A magnetic tight-binding model: correlations in ferromagnetic transition metals

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contents Correlations derived through single-particle approximations of the many-body problem frequently result in erroneously inflated or diminished physical properties. In the context of transition metals, the impact of correlations can be assessed by analyzing the effect of the delocalized sp-band on the d-band. The tight-binding approach is studied in the d-band approximation, considering and excluding the influence of sp-d hybridization. The impact of the delocalized sp-band induces a correction to the onsite Coulomb parameter. This formalism enables an accurate description of the ferromagnetism within the tight-binding approximation. The onsite Coulomb corrections, which were calculated in accordance with first-principles results, are 1.3 eV for bcc iron, 1.5 eV for fcc cobalt, and 2.1 eV for fcc nickel.
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spellingShingle A magnetic tight-binding model: correlations in ferromagnetic transition metals
Eone, Jacques R.
Materials Science
Correlations derived through single-particle approximations of the many-body problem frequently result in erroneously inflated or diminished physical properties. In the context of transition metals, the impact of correlations can be assessed by analyzing the effect of the delocalized sp-band on the d-band. The tight-binding approach is studied in the d-band approximation, considering and excluding the influence of sp-d hybridization. The impact of the delocalized sp-band induces a correction to the onsite Coulomb parameter. This formalism enables an accurate description of the ferromagnetism within the tight-binding approximation. The onsite Coulomb corrections, which were calculated in accordance with first-principles results, are 1.3 eV for bcc iron, 1.5 eV for fcc cobalt, and 2.1 eV for fcc nickel.
title A magnetic tight-binding model: correlations in ferromagnetic transition metals
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.06096