Spin-density-wave-induced metal–insulator transition in two-band Hubbard model in application to the magnetic molecular conductor λ-(BETS)2FeCl4

Eiji Konishi (), Shuichi Sato and Takao Morinari
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Eiji Konishi: Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
Shuichi Sato: Physics Department, Osaka Dental University
Takao Morinari: Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2020, vol. 93, issue 9, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract The magnetic molecular conductor λ-(BETS)2FeCl4 shows metal–insulator (MI) transition and antiferromagnetic (AF) transition simultaneously at TMI ~ 8.3 K. In its metallic phase, two Fermi surfaces coexist, and the one has good nesting, and the other has bad nesting. Although a scenario of the MI transition by the formation and stabilization of a spin-density-wave (SDW) AF order is likely, it is not straightforward due to the existence of the bad nesting Fermi surface. In this paper, we propose a novel mechanism for the MI transition motivated by this material. Our proposal is based on the square-lattice two-band t − t′− U Hubbard model at half-filling, and we examine this mechanism in the ground state. As the key part of our mechanism, we incorporate the interband exchange interaction between the band A with good nesting Fermi surface and the band B with bad nesting Fermi surface. We analyze B, incorporating the electronic correlation effect into the quasi-particle weight by the slave-rotor approach. In this model, as the value of U∕t increases, the SDW state in A induces another SDW state in B via the interband exchange interaction. As a result, this exchange interaction significantly decreases the value of U∕t required for the MI transition. Graphical abstract

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Date: 2020
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