Phonon mediated spin-spin interactions

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Autore principale: Fransson, J.
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author Fransson, J.
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contents Indirect long range interactions between localized magnetic moments are in metals mediated by itinerant electrons. In insulators and semi-conductor, such interactions need to be small, if not negligible, due to the absence of mediating carriers. The existence of magnetically ordered insulators, for instance, metal-oxides, is therefore an everlasting source for proposals of various mechanisms that may support the order. Here, phonon mediated interactions between localized magnetic moments is considered as a mechanism that can provide quantifiable symmetric and anti-symmetric anisotropic spin-spin interactions. It is demonstrated that while a symmetric anisotropic interaction exists for all types of phonons, the existence of anti-symmetric anisotropic interactions requires broken inversion symmetry. The latter mechanism may explain the weak ferromagnetic order observed in chiral, e.g., CuO and CoO compounds. Furthermore, the interaction is nearly independent of the temperature at low temperature while approaches a linear growth at high. Spatially, the interactions have an oscillatory power law decay with the inter-nuclei distance.
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Fransson, J.
Other Condensed Matter
Indirect long range interactions between localized magnetic moments are in metals mediated by itinerant electrons. In insulators and semi-conductor, such interactions need to be small, if not negligible, due to the absence of mediating carriers. The existence of magnetically ordered insulators, for instance, metal-oxides, is therefore an everlasting source for proposals of various mechanisms that may support the order. Here, phonon mediated interactions between localized magnetic moments is considered as a mechanism that can provide quantifiable symmetric and anti-symmetric anisotropic spin-spin interactions. It is demonstrated that while a symmetric anisotropic interaction exists for all types of phonons, the existence of anti-symmetric anisotropic interactions requires broken inversion symmetry. The latter mechanism may explain the weak ferromagnetic order observed in chiral, e.g., CuO and CoO compounds. Furthermore, the interaction is nearly independent of the temperature at low temperature while approaches a linear growth at high. Spatially, the interactions have an oscillatory power law decay with the inter-nuclei distance.
title Phonon mediated spin-spin interactions
topic Other Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14731