Magnetic anisotropy in the Kitaev model systems Na2IrO3 and RuCl3

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CHALOUPKA Jiří KHALIULLIN Giniyat

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Physical Review B
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Central European Institute of Technology

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Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.064435
Field Solid matter physics and magnetism
Keywords spin models; magnetism; iridates; Kitaev model
Description We study the ordered moment direction in the extended Kitaev-Heisenberg model relevant to honeycomb lattice magnets with strong spin-orbit coupling. We utilize numerical diagonalization and analyze the exact cluster ground states using a particular set of spin-coherent states, obtaining thereby quantum corrections to the magnetic anisotropy beyond conventional perturbative methods. It is found that the quantum fluctuations strongly modify the moment direction obtained at a classical level and are thus crucial for a precise quantification of the interactions. The results show that the moment direction is a sensitive probe of the model parameters in real materials. Focusing on the experimentally relevant zigzag phases of the model, we analyze the currently available neutron-diffraction and resonant x-ray-diffraction data on Na2IrO3 and RuCl3 and discuss the parameter regimes plausible in these Kitaev-Heisenberg model systems.
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