Leggett's modes in magnetic systems with Jahn-Teller distortion

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2015.10.008zbMATH Open1360.82097arXiv1311.2733OpenAlexW2964147898MaRDI QIDQ528260FDOQ528260

Authors: Naoum Karchev 

Publication date: 12 May 2017

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Leggett's mode is a collective excitation corresponding to the oscillation of the relative phase of the order parameters in a two band superconductor, with frequency proportional to interband coupling. We report on the existence of modes, similar to Leggett's mode, in magnetic systems with Jahn-Teller distortion. The minimal Kugel-Khomskii model, which describes simultaneously both the spin and the orbital order, is studied. The dynamical degrees of freedom are spin-$s$ operators of localized spins and pseudospin-$au$ operators, which respond to the orbital degeneracy and satisfy the similar commutation relation with those of the spin operators. In the case of "antiferro" spin and pseudospin order the system possesses two antiferromagnetic magnons with equal spin-wave velocities and two Leggett's modes with equal gaps proportional to the square root of the spin-pseudospin interaction constant. In the case of "ferro" spin and pseudospin order the system possesses one ferromagnetic magnon and one Leggett's mode with gap proportional to the spin-pseudospin interaction constant.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.2733

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zbMATH Keywords

distortionKugel-Khomskii modelLeggett's modes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55)

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• Anyons in an exactly solved model and beyond
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