Seminar on Condensed Matter Theory
Group of Theoretical Physics at the Department of Condensed Matter Physics
of Charles University has a pleasure to invite you to attend the seminar
on 16th May 2024 at 13:00
at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 121 16 Praha 2
Seminar room F 052
doc. Mgr. Jiří Chaloupka, Ph.D.
Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Masaryk University
Emergent transverse-field Ising model in d4 spin-orbit Mott insulators
doc. Mgr. Jiří Chaloupka, Ph.D. » Emergent transverse-field Ising model in d4 spin-orbit Mott insulators
Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Masaryk University
Location: seminar room F 052, Ke Karlovu 5
Transition metal oxides containing 4d and 5d elements have recently attracted much attention due to new phenomena arising from the interplay of strong correlations and spin-orbit coupling. Of a particular interest are Mott insulators based on ions with four valence electrons occupying t_2g orbitals. These may host an unusual magnetism based on a dynamic mixing of low-energy ionic states via exchange processes. The particular set of exchange processes involving these states depends on the lattice geometry and the available hopping channels, giving rise to models with very distinct properties. In the talk, I will give a brief overview of the various possibilities that may be encountered, focusing on the corresponding phase diagrams and rather peculiar excitation spectra. In more detail, I will discuss a scenario for a possible realization of the well-known transverse-field Ising model.