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Orbital Ordering in ferromagnetic Lu2V2O7

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We have observed the orbital ordering in the ferromagnetic Mott-insulator Lu2V2O7 by the polarized neutron diffraction technique. The orbital ordering pattern determined from the observed magnetic form factors can be explained in terms of a linear combination of wave functions |yz>, |zx> and |xy>; |0> = (1/3)^(1/2) |xy> + (1/3)^(1/2)|yz> + (1/3)^(1/2) |zx> which is proportional to |(x + y + z)^2 - r^2>; where each orbital is extended toward the center-of-mass of the V tetrahedron. We discuss the stability of the ferromagnetic Lu2V2O7, using a Hubbard Hamiltonian with these three orbitals.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0502020,
  title  = {Orbital Ordering in ferromagnetic Lu2V2O7},
  author = {H. Ichikawa and L. Kano and M. Saitoh and S. Miyahara and N. Furukawa and J. Akimitsu and T. Yokoo and T. Matsumura and M. Takeda and K. Hirota},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0502020},
  year   = {2009}
}

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17pages. to be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 74 (2005)