Abstract
The ring-exchange (RE) interaction in a Mott insulator with doubly degenerate eg orbitals is studied. The Hamiltonian for the RE interaction is derived by a perturbational calculation. A remarkably weak RE interaction destroys the orbital order caused by the order-by-fluctuation mechanism in the nearest-neighbor exchange-interaction model. A magnetic octupole moment with long range order, i.e., complex orbital wave functions, appears. Competition between octupole and quadrupole interactions strongly suppresses the ordered moments.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 033704 |
| Journal | journal of the physical society of japan |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 Mar |
Keywords
- Frustration
- Octupole order
- Orbital order
- Ring-exchange interaction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)