Electronic Structure and Origin of Ferromagnetism in CaB$_6$

Details Electronic Structure and Origin of Ferromagnetism in CaB$_6$ Electronic Structure and Origin of Ferromagnetism in CaB$_6$

2005-09-14

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0509363v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

5 pages, 3 figures

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Electronic structure calculations using quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods conclusively show that pure CaB$_6$ is a narrow-gap semiconductor with an $X$-point gap $\sim 1.3$ eV. This should put to rest controversies as to whether the compound is a semimetal or a semiconductor, as also theories suggesting it to be an excitonic insulator. Our extensive Hartree-Fock (HF) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations support the view that the hexaboride ferromagnetism can be induced by contamination with magnetic element atoms like Fe and that presence of La is not essential for this. La impurity, however, gives rise to a metallic state with a small electron-like Fermi surface as seen in ARPES experiments.

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