Ab-initio calculation of the Hubbard $U$ and Hund exchange $J$ in local moment magnets: The case of Mn-based full Heusler compounds

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العنوان: Ab-initio calculation of the Hubbard $U$ and Hund exchange $J$ in local moment magnets: The case of Mn-based full Heusler compounds
المؤلفون: Tas, M., Sasioglu, E., Blugel, S., Mertig, I., Galanakis, I.
المصدر: Physical Review Materials 6. 114101 (2022)
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Materials Science
الوصف: Mn-based full Heusler compounds possess well-defined local atomic Mn moments, and thus the correlation effects between localized d electrons are expected to play an important role in determining the electronic and magnetic properties of these materials. Employing ab-initio calculations in conjunction with the constrained random-phase approximation (cRPA) method, we calculate the strength of the effective on-site Coulomb interaction parameters (Hubbard U and Hund exchange J) in the case of X2MnZ full Heusler compounds with X being one of Ni, Pd or Cu, and Z being one of In, Sn, Sb or Te. We show that the Z element (or sp element) in Heusler compounds significantly reduces the strength of the Hubbard U parameter for Mn 3d electrons compared to the elementary bulk Mn. On the contrary, the effect of the sp-atom on the strength of the U parameter of Ni, Cu or Pd valence d electrons is not so substantial with respect to the elementary bulk values. The U values for all transition metal atoms decrease with increasing sp electron number in the In-Sn-Sb-Te sequence. Our cRPA calculations reveal that despite their well-defined local magnetic moments, the Mn-based full Heusler alloys fall into the category of the weakly correlated materials.
Comment: Physical Review Materials, accepted for publication
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.114401
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.13061
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2210.13061
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
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DOI:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.114401