Structural distortions and model Hamiltonian parameters: from LSDA to a tight-binding description of LaMnO_3

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2007-05-30

arxiv.org/abs/0705.4379v2

Phys. Rev. B 76, 155105 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

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Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.76.155105

The physics of manganites is often described within an effective two-band tight-binding (TB) model for the Mn e_g electrons, which apart from the kinetic energy includes also a local "Hund's rule" coupling to the t_{2g} core spin and a local coupling to the Jahn-Teller (JT) distortion of the oxygen octahedra. We test the validity of this model by comparing the energy dispersion calculated for the TB model with the full Kohn-Sham band-structure calculated within the local spin-density approximation (LSDA) to density functional theory. We analyze the effect of magnetic order, JT distortions, and "GdFeO_3-type" tilt-rotations of the oxygen octahedra. We show that the hopping amplitudes are independent of magnetic order and JT distortions, and that both effects can be described with a consistent set of model parameters if hopping between both nearest and next-nearest neighbors is taken into account. We determine a full set of model parameters from the density functional theory calculations, and we show that both JT distortions and Hund's rule coupling are required to obtain an insulating ground state within LSDA. Furthermore, our calculations show that the "GdFeO_3-type" rotations of the oxygen octahedra lead to a substantial reduction of the hopping amplitudes but to no significant deviation from the simple TB model.

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