Quantum phase transitions of magnetic rotons

Details Quantum phase transitions of magnetic rotons Quantum phase transitions of magnetic rotons

2003-10-08

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0310186v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

5 pages, 2 figures, revised version

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.036405

Due to weak spin-orbit coupling, the magnetic excitations of an itinerant ferromagnet become magnetic rotons, excitations with degenerate minima on a hypersphere at finite wavevector. Using self-consistent Hartree and renormalization group calculations, we study weak fluctuation-driven first-order quantum phase transitions, a quantum tricritical point controlled by anisotropy and the non-Fermi liquid behavior associated with the large phase volume of magnetic rotons. We propose that magnetic rotons are essential for the description of the anomalous high-pressure behavior of the itinerant helical ferromagnet MnSi.

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