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Hund physics landscape of two-orbital system

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2021-05-18 v2

Abstract

Motivated by the recent discovery of superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates RE1δ_{1-\delta}Srδ_\deltaNiO2_2 (RE==Nd, Pr), we study the role of Hund's coupling JJ in a quarter-filled two-orbital Hubbard model which has been on the periphery of the attention. A region of negative effective Coulomb interaction of this model is revealed to be differentiated from three- and five-orbital models in their typical Hund's metal active fillings. We identify distinctive regimes including four different correlated metals, one of which stems from the proximity to a Mott insulator while the other three, which we call "intermediate" metal, weak Hund's metal, and valence-skipping metal, from the effect of JJ being away from Mottness. Defining criteria characterizing these metals are suggested, establishing the existence of Hund's metallicity in two-orbital systems.

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@article{arxiv.2008.13171,
  title  = {Hund physics landscape of two-orbital system},
  author = {Siheon Ryee and Myung Joon Han and Sangkook Choi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.13171},
  year   = {2021}
}
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