Local magnetic moments in iron and nickel at ambient and Earth’s core conditions

A. Hausoel, M. Karolak, E. Şaşιoğlu, A. Lichtenstein, K. Held, A. Katanin, A. Toschi and G. Sangiovanni ()
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A. Hausoel: Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Universität Würzburg
M. Karolak: Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Universität Würzburg
E. Şaşιoğlu: Peter Grünberg Institut and Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich and JARA
A. Lichtenstein: Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg
K. Held: Institute of Solid State Physics, TU Wien
A. Katanin: M. N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics
A. Toschi: Institute of Solid State Physics, TU Wien
G. Sangiovanni: Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Universität Würzburg

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Some Bravais lattices have a particular geometry that can slow down the motion of Bloch electrons by pre-localization due to the band-structure properties. Another known source of electronic localization in solids is the Coulomb repulsion in partially filled d or f orbitals, which leads to the formation of local magnetic moments. The combination of these two effects is usually considered of little relevance to strongly correlated materials. Here we show that it represents, instead, the underlying physical mechanism in two of the most important ferromagnets: nickel and iron. In nickel, the van Hove singularity has an unexpected impact on the magnetism. As a result, the electron–electron scattering rate is linear in temperature, in violation of the conventional Landau theory of metals. This is true even at Earth’s core pressures, at which iron is instead a good Fermi liquid. The importance of nickel in models of geomagnetism may have therefore to be reconsidered.

Date: 2017
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