Spin-orbital physics for p orbitals in alkali RO_2 hyperoxides --- generalization of the Goodenough-Kanamori rules

Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons

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7 pages, 5 figures; accepted in EPL

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10.1209/0295-5075/96/27001

We derive a realistic spin-orbital model at finite Hund's exchange for alkali hyperoxides. We find that, due to the geometric frustration of the oxygen lattice, spin and orbital waves destabilize both spin and p-orbital order in almost all potential ground states. We show that the orbital order induced by the lattice overrules the one favoured by superexchange and that this, together with the large interorbital hopping, leads to generalized Goodenough-Kanamori rules. They (i) lift the geometric frustration of the lattice, and (ii) explain the observed layered C-type antiferromagnetic order in alkali hyperoxides. This is confirmed by a spin-wave dispersion with no soft-mode behavior presented here as a prediction for future experiments.

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