Theory of orbital magnetization in disordered systems

Details Theory of orbital magnetization in disordered systems Theory of orbital magnetization in disordered systems

2012-01-17

arxiv.org/abs/1201.3446v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

10 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

We present a general formula of the orbital magnetization of disordered systems based on the Keldysh Green's function theory in the gauge-covariant Wigner space. In our approach, the gauge invariance of physical quantities is ensured from the very beginning, and the vertex corrections are easily included. Our formula applies not only for insulators but also for metallic systems where the quasiparicle behavior is usually strongly modified by the disorder scattering. In the absence of disorders, our formula recovers the previous results obtained from the semiclassical theory and the perturbation theory. As an application, we calculate the orbital magnetization of a weakly disordered two-dimensional electron gas with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. We find that for the short range disorder scattering, its major effect is to the shifting of the distribution of orbital magnetization corresponding to the quasiparticle energy renormalization.

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