Conduit, GJ;
Green, AG;
Simons, BD;
(2009)
Inhomogeneous Phase Formation on the Border of Itinerant Ferromagnetism.
PHYS REV LETT
, 103
(20)
, Article 207201. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.207201.
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Abstract
A variety of analytical techniques suggest that quantum fluctuations lead to a fundamental instability of the Fermi liquid that drives ferromagnetic transitions first order at low temperatures. We present both analytical and numerical evidence that, driven by the same quantum fluctuations, this first order transition is preempted by the formation of an inhomogeneous magnetic phase. This occurs in a manner that is closely analogous to the formation of the inhomogeneous superconducting Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state. We derive these results from a field-theoretical approach supplemented with numerical quantum Monte Carlo simulations.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Inhomogeneous Phase Formation on the Border of Itinerant Ferromagnetism |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.207201 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.207201 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2009 The American Physical Society |
| Keywords: | QUANTUM CRITICALITY, ELECTRON-GAS, FERMI GAS, TEMPERATURE, STATE, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, BEHAVIOR, SYSTEMS, MODEL, UGE2 |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > London Centre for Nanotechnology |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1333462 |
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