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Localized magnetic states in three dimensional Dirac solids

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2016-02-12 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

Formation of localized magnetic states in a metallic host is a classic problem ofcondensed matter physics formalized by P. W. Anderson within the so called single impurity Anderson model (SIAM). The general picture in a host of a simple one-band metal is that a large Hubbard UU in the impurity orbital is pre-requisite for the formation of localized magnetic states. In recent years three dimensional (3D) Dirac solids have emerged the hallmark of which is strong spin-orbit interaction. In this work we show that such a strong spin-orbit interaction allows to form localized magnetic states even with small values of Hubbard UU. This opens up the fascinating possibility of forming magnetic states with ss or pp orbital impurities -- different from traditional paradigms of dd or ff orbital based magnetic moments.

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@article{arxiv.1503.06355,
  title  = {Localized magnetic states in three dimensional Dirac solids},
  author = {M. Mashkoori and I. Mahyaeh and S. A. Jafari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.06355},
  year   = {2016}
}
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