Related papers: Multipole ordering in f-electron systems
We investigate microscopic aspects of multipole ordering in f-electron systems with emphasis on the effect of lattice structure. For the purpose, first we construct f-electron models on three kinds of lattices, simple cubic (sc), bcc, and…
We study the multipole interactions between $f^2$ ions with the $\Gamma_3$ non-Kramers doublet ground state under a cubic crystalline electric field. We construct the $\Gamma_3$ doublet state of the electrons with the total angular momentum…
In order to examine the mysterious ordered phase of NpO2 from a microscopic viewpoint, we investigate an f-electron model on an fcc lattice constructed based on a j-j coupling scheme. First, an effective model with multipole interactions is…
We investigate effects of multipole moments in f-electron systems both from phenomenological and microscopic viewpoints. First, we discuss significant effects of octupole moment on the magnetic susceptibility in a paramagnetic phase. It is…
We theoretically study electric quadrupole orders in f-electron systems on the fcc lattice. Qudrupole degrees of freedom $O_{20}$ and $O_{22}$ originate in the non-Kramers doublet ground state $\Gamma_3$ of ion with $f^2$ electron…
Toward the understanding of incommensurate $\Gamma_3$ quadrupole ordering in PrPb$_3$, we develop a microscopic theory of multipole ordering in $f^2$-electron systems from an itinerant picture on the basis of a $j$-$j$ coupling scheme. For…
We study f-electron lattice models which are capable of supporting octupolar, as well dipolar and quadrupolar, order. Analyzing the properties of the Gamma8 ground state quartet, we find that (111)-type combinations of the Gamma5 octupoles…
Possible order parameters of the phase IV in CexLa1-xB6 are discussed with special attention to the lattice distortion recently observed. A \Gamma_{5u}-type octupole order with finite wave number is proposed as the origin of the distortion…
In order to examine the origin of octupole ordering in NpO2, we propose a microscopic model constituted of neptunium 5f and oxygen 2p orbitals. To study multipole ordering, we derive effective multipole interactions from the f-p model by…
Multipolar interactions are derived in the orbitally degenerate Anderson lattice with a spherical Fermi surface and one conduction electron per unit cell of the simple cubic lattice. As the crystalline-electric-field (CEF) ground state of…
In heavy fermion systems, multipole degrees of freedom make possible the emergence of rich phenomena, such as hidden orders and superconductivities. However, many of them remain unsolved since the origin of higher-rank multipole interaction…
An octupole ordering model is studied by the mean field theory, and its relevance to the phase IV of CexLa1-xB6 is discussed. The observed lattice distortion along the [111] direction is interpreted in terms of the \Gamma_{5g}-type…
The effective lattice models in strongly correlated electron systems are \emph{derived} in particular for the cuprate superconductors, that incorporate the quantum fluctuations of the spin Berry's phase and the antiferromagnetic…
We study the magnetic ordering transition for a system of harmonically trapped ultracold fermions with repulsive interactions in a cubic optical lattice, within a real-space extension of dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT). Using a quantum…
By using a density matrix renormalization group method, we investigate the ground-state properties of a one-dimensional three-orbital Hubbard model on the basis of a j-j coupling scheme. For $B_4^0 \ne 0$, where $B_4^0$ is a parameter to…
We present a theoretical model of the "isostructural" \gamma-\alpha phase transition in Ce which is based on quadrupolar interactions due to coupled charge density fluctuations of 4f electrons and of conduction electrons. Conduction…
We study $\Gamma_3$ quadrupole orders in a face-centered cubic lattice. The $\Gamma_3$ quadrupole moments under cubic symmetry possess a unique cubic invariant in their free energy in the uniform ($q=0$) sector and the triple-q sector for…
The results of a numerical study of an ordered substitution of a double-segment into the unit cell of square artificial spin ice are presented. Each pattern vertex has three magnetic moment configurations that compete to form a magnetic…
Possibility of a novel pseudo-scalar (octupole) order is studied theoretically for orbitally degenerate systems with strong spin-orbit coupling such as Ce$_x$La$_{1-x}$B$_6$. It is discussed that coexistence of an octupole order parameter…
Magnetic and other unconventional electronic orders are discussed for heavy electrons. In addition to the ordinary Kondo lattice, we consider non-Kramers systems taking the two-channel Kondo lattice, and another lattice that consists of a…