Spin Ferroquadrupolar Order in the Nematic Phase of FeSe

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dc.citation.articleNumber247203
dc.citation.issueNumber24
dc.citation.journalTitlePhysical Review Letters
dc.citation.volumeNumber116
dc.contributor.authorWang, Zhentao
dc.contributor.authorHu, Wen-Jun
dc.contributor.authorNevidomskyy, Andriy H.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:12:49Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:12:49Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractWe provide evidence that spin ferroquadrupolar (FQ) order is the likely ground state in the nonmagnetic nematic phase of stoichiometric FeSe. By studying the variational mean-field phase diagram of a bilinear-biquadratic Heisenberg model up to the 2nd nearest neighbor, we find the FQ phase in close proximity to the columnar antiferromagnet commonly realized in iron-based superconductors; the stability of the FQ phase is further verified by the density matrix renormalization group. The dynamical spin structure factor in the FQ state is calculated with flavor-wave theory, which yields a qualitatively consistent result with inelastic neutron scattering experiments on FeSe at both low and high energies. We verify that FQ can coexist with C4 breaking environments in the mean-field calculation, and further discuss the possibility that quantum fluctuations in FQ act as a source of nematicity.
dc.identifier.citationWang, Zhentao, Hu, Wen-Jun and Nevidomskyy, Andriy H.. "Spin Ferroquadrupolar Order in the Nematic Phase of FeSe." <i>Physical Review Letters,</i> 116, no. 24 (2016) American Physical Society: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.247203.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.247203
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/94124
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
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dc.titleSpin Ferroquadrupolar Order in the Nematic Phase of FeSe
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