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Spin-imbalance-induced transverse magnetization in the Hofstadter-Hubbard model

Quantum Gases 2020-06-30 v2 Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons Atomic Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

The fermionic, time-reversal invariant Hofstadter-Hubbard model with a population difference between the two spin states is investigated. In the strongly interacting regime, where the system can be described by an effective spin model, we find an exotic spin structure by means of classical Monte-Carlo calculations. Remarkably, this spin structure exhibits a transverse net magnetization perpendicular to the magnetization induced by the population imbalance. It is thus inherently different from canted antiferromagnetism. We further investigate effects of quantum fluctuations within the dynamical mean-field approximation and obtain a rich phase diagram including ferromagnetic, anti-ferromagnetic, ferrimagnetic, and transverse magnetization phases.

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@article{arxiv.1812.02001,
  title  = {Spin-imbalance-induced transverse magnetization in the Hofstadter-Hubbard model},
  author = {Bernhard Irsigler and Jun-Hui Zheng and Mohsen Hafez-Torbati and Walter Hofstetter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.02001},
  year   = {2020}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures