Itinerant electron metamagnetism for lattices with van Hove density-of-states singularities near the Fermi level

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Main Authors: Vasilevskiy, F. A., Igoshev, P. A., Irkhin, V. Yu.
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Published: 2024
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author Vasilevskiy, F. A.
Igoshev, P. A.
Irkhin, V. Yu.
author_facet Vasilevskiy, F. A.
Igoshev, P. A.
Irkhin, V. Yu.
contents Itinerant-electron metamagnetism is investigated within the Hubbard model for various lattices having van Hove singularities (vHS) in the electronic spectrum: face-centered cubic and orthorhombic lattices. The remarkable itinerant-electron metamagnetic transition occurs provided that the Fermi level is in the region with a strong positive curvature of the density of electron states typically positioned between two close van Hove singularities. Orthorhombic distortion of a~tetragonal lattice is a promising mechanism for generating two closely split vHS with strong density-of-states curvature between them. A phase diagram in terms of electron filling and Hubbard interaction parameter is presented, which shows the paramagnetic-metamagnetic-ferromagnetic phase transition and regions of saturated and non-saturated magnetism. The standard Landau theory expansion based on~the~electron density of states in the vicinity of the Fermi level is demonstrated to be insufficient to describe the whole magnetic phase diagram including the itinerant-electron metamagnetic transition.
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spellingShingle Itinerant electron metamagnetism for lattices with van Hove density-of-states singularities near the Fermi level
Vasilevskiy, F. A.
Igoshev, P. A.
Irkhin, V. Yu.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
Itinerant-electron metamagnetism is investigated within the Hubbard model for various lattices having van Hove singularities (vHS) in the electronic spectrum: face-centered cubic and orthorhombic lattices. The remarkable itinerant-electron metamagnetic transition occurs provided that the Fermi level is in the region with a strong positive curvature of the density of electron states typically positioned between two close van Hove singularities. Orthorhombic distortion of a~tetragonal lattice is a promising mechanism for generating two closely split vHS with strong density-of-states curvature between them. A phase diagram in terms of electron filling and Hubbard interaction parameter is presented, which shows the paramagnetic-metamagnetic-ferromagnetic phase transition and regions of saturated and non-saturated magnetism. The standard Landau theory expansion based on~the~electron density of states in the vicinity of the Fermi level is demonstrated to be insufficient to describe the whole magnetic phase diagram including the itinerant-electron metamagnetic transition.
title Itinerant electron metamagnetism for lattices with van Hove density-of-states singularities near the Fermi level
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.15748