Electronic and magnetic properties of the ferromagnetic superconductor UCoGe

The electronic structure and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) spectra of the ferromagnetic superconductor UCoGe at the U N₄,₅, Ge and Co K and Co L₂,₃ edges were investigated theoretically from first principles, using the fully relativistic Dirac linear muffin-tin orbital band structure meth...

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Автор: Antonov, V.N.
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description The electronic structure and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) spectra of the ferromagnetic superconductor UCoGe at the U N₄,₅, Ge and Co K and Co L₂,₃ edges were investigated theoretically from first principles, using the fully relativistic Dirac linear muffin-tin orbital band structure method. The electronic structure is obtained with the local spin-density approximation (LSDA), as well as with a generalization of the LSDA+ U method which takes into account the non-diagonal occupation matrix (in spin indexes) of localized electrons. A stable ferromagnetic ground state was found. The uranium total magnetic moment is quite small (about −0.171μB) in the LSDA approximation as a result of almost complete cancellation between the spin magnetic moment of 0.657μB and the opposite orbital magnetic moment of −0.828μB, resulting from strong spin-orbit coupling at the uranium site. Valency of U ion in UCoGe is close to 3+. The ratio orbital and spin magnetic moments M l/M s ranged from 1.163 in the GGA approach up to 2.456 for the LSDA+ U calculations is smaller than the corresponding ratio for the free ion U³⁺ value (2.60), it can indicate a significant delocalization of the 5 f-electron states due to the hybridization of the U 5f electrons with the conduction band and Co 3d electrons. The line shape of the dichroic spectra at the U M₅ and M₄ edges predicted by considering the magneto-optical selection rules as well as the occupation and the energy sequence of the mj-projected partial densities of states. The theoretically calculated XMCD spectra at the U M₄,₅, Ge and Co K and Co L₂,₃ edges are in good agreement with the experimentally measured spectra.
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The electronic structure and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) spectra of the ferromagnetic superconductor UCoGe at the U N₄,₅, Ge and Co K and Co L₂,₃ edges were investigated theoretically from first principles, using the fully relativistic Dirac linear muffin-tin orbital band structure method. The electronic structure is obtained with the local spin-density approximation (LSDA), as well as with a generalization of the LSDA+ U method which takes into account the non-diagonal occupation matrix (in spin indexes) of localized electrons. A stable ferromagnetic ground state was found. The uranium total magnetic moment is quite small (about −0.171μB) in the LSDA approximation as a result of almost complete cancellation between the spin magnetic moment of 0.657μB and the opposite orbital magnetic moment of −0.828μB, resulting from strong spin-orbit coupling at the uranium site. Valency of U ion in UCoGe is close to 3+. The ratio orbital and spin magnetic moments M l/M s ranged from 1.163 in the GGA approach up to 2.456 for the LSDA+ U calculations is smaller than the corresponding ratio for the free ion U³⁺ value (2.60), it can indicate a significant delocalization of the 5 f-electron states due to the hybridization of the U 5f electrons with the conduction band and Co 3d electrons. The line shape of the dichroic spectra at the U M₅ and M₄ edges predicted by considering the magneto-optical selection rules as well as the occupation and the energy sequence of the mj-projected partial densities of states. The theoretically calculated XMCD spectra at the U M₄,₅, Ge and Co K and Co L₂,₃ edges are in good agreement with the experimentally measured spectra.
This work was supported by Science and Technology
 Center in Ukraine STCU, Project No. 6255.
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Фізико-технічний інститут низьких температур ім. Б.І. Вєркіна НАН України
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title Electronic and magnetic properties of the ferromagnetic superconductor UCoGe
title_full Electronic and magnetic properties of the ferromagnetic superconductor UCoGe
title_fullStr Electronic and magnetic properties of the ferromagnetic superconductor UCoGe
title_full_unstemmed Electronic and magnetic properties of the ferromagnetic superconductor UCoGe
title_short Electronic and magnetic properties of the ferromagnetic superconductor UCoGe
title_sort electronic and magnetic properties of the ferromagnetic superconductor ucoge
topic К 100-летию со дня рождения И.М. Лифшица
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