Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2011-05-30
Phys. Rev. B 85, 045124 (2012)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
6 pages, 5 figs. as published in PRB
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.85.045124
We construct a model for interacting electrons with strong spin orbit coupling in the pyrochlore iridates. We establish the importance of the direct hopping process between the Ir atoms and use the relative strength of the direct and indirect hopping as a generic tuning parameter to study the correlation effects across the iridates family. We predict novel quantum phase transitions between conventional and/or topologically non-trivial phases. At weak coupling, we find topological insulator and metallic phases. As one increases the interaction strength, various magnetic orders emerge. The topological Weyl semi-metal phase is found to be realized in these different orders, one of them being the all-in/all-out pattern. Our findings establish the possible magnetic ground states for the iridates and suggest the generic presence of the Weyl semi-metal phase in correlated magnetic insulators on the pyrochlore lattice. We discus the implications for existing and future experiments.
Kim Yong Baek
Witczak-Krempa William
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