Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2008-06-23
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
We have measured the intricate temperature dependence of the Co L2,3 x-ray absorption spectra (2p-3d excitations) of CoO. To allow for accurate total electron yield measurements, the material has been grown in thin film form on a metallic substrate in order to avoid charging problems usually encountered during electron spectroscopic studies on bulk CoO samples. The changes in spectra due to temperature are in good agreement with detailed ligand-field calculations indicating that these changes are mostly due to thermal population of closely lying excited states, originating from degenerate t2g levels lifted by the spin-orbit coupling. Magnetic coupling in the ordered phase, modeled as a mean-field exchange field, mixes in excited states inducing a tetragonal charge density. The spin-orbit coupling induced splitting of the low energy states results in a non-trivial temperature dependence for the magnetic susceptibility.
Chen Chien-Tsu
Haverkort Maurits W.
Hsieh Henry H.
Hu Zeng-Zhen
Lin Hong-Ji
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