The electronic structure, crystal fields, and magnetic anisotropy in RECo$_5$ magnets

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Main Authors: Zhang, Zhen, Kutepov, Andrey, Pourovskii, Leonid, Antropov, Vladimir
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Published: 2025
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author Zhang, Zhen
Kutepov, Andrey
Pourovskii, Leonid
Antropov, Vladimir
author_facet Zhang, Zhen
Kutepov, Andrey
Pourovskii, Leonid
Antropov, Vladimir
contents The current progress in describing rare-earth-based magnets' electronic structure and magnetic properties is discussed. We use several currently popular electronic structure methods to show the typical values of critical parameters that define the physics of RECo$_5$ (RE = rare earth atom) materials. The magnetic moments and anisotropy of 4\textit{f} atoms are obtained using several approaches, including anisotropic 4\textit{f}-charge density-constrained DFT and DFT+HI methods. We also suggest the introduction of 'penalty' functional for obtaining correct variational total energy in the traditional Hund's rule-constrained DFT-based techniques. The applicability and future extensions are discussed. The proposed combination of methods is potentially suitable for high-throughput computational searches of new rare-earth-containing magnetic materials.
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spellingShingle The electronic structure, crystal fields, and magnetic anisotropy in RECo$_5$ magnets
Zhang, Zhen
Kutepov, Andrey
Pourovskii, Leonid
Antropov, Vladimir
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
The current progress in describing rare-earth-based magnets' electronic structure and magnetic properties is discussed. We use several currently popular electronic structure methods to show the typical values of critical parameters that define the physics of RECo$_5$ (RE = rare earth atom) materials. The magnetic moments and anisotropy of 4\textit{f} atoms are obtained using several approaches, including anisotropic 4\textit{f}-charge density-constrained DFT and DFT+HI methods. We also suggest the introduction of 'penalty' functional for obtaining correct variational total energy in the traditional Hund's rule-constrained DFT-based techniques. The applicability and future extensions are discussed. The proposed combination of methods is potentially suitable for high-throughput computational searches of new rare-earth-containing magnetic materials.
title The electronic structure, crystal fields, and magnetic anisotropy in RECo$_5$ magnets
topic Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.04278