A DFT$+$DMFT study of magnetic properties of FeO at high pressure.

ORAL

Abstract

FeO is an insulator with anti-ferromagnetic (AFM) spin ordering at ambient pressure. When external pressure is increased, the N\'{e}el temperature first increases at the pressure below 40 GPa. Experiments show the AFM ordering collapses at high pressures. Using the density functional theory plus dynamical mean-field theory (DFT$+$DMFT), we examined the nature of magnetic collapse of FeO and derived its magnetic phase diagram up to 180 Gpa. We found coexistence of high spin-low spin transition and paramagnetic-AFM transition, both driven by increased pressure. The high spin-low spin transition is result of partition and pairing of 3d electrons in iron. The local moment of iron atom after high spin-low spin transition is small but finite up to 180 GPa.

Authors

  • Peng Zhang

    • Department of Physics, Xi'An Jiaotong university & Geophysical Laboratory
  • Ronald Cohen

    • Extreme Materials Initiative, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, D.C. USA
  • K. Haule

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, NJ, USA