Charge disproportionation and Hund's insulating behavior in a five-orbital Hubbard model applicable to d^4 perovskites

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    "title": "Charge disproportionation and Hund's insulating behavior in a five-orbital Hubbard model applicable to d^4 perovskites", 
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      "dynamical mean-field theory", 
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    "description": "We explore the transition to a charge-disproportionated insulating phase in a five-orbital cubic tight-binding model applicable to transition-metal perovskites with a formal d^4 occupation of the transition-metal cation, such as ferrates or manganites. We use dynamical mean-field theory to obtain the phase diagram as a function of the average local Coulomb repulsion U and the Hund's coupling J. The main structure of the phase diagram follows from the zero band-width (atomic) limit and represents the competition between high-spin and low-spin homogeneous and an inhomogeneous charge-disproportionated state. This results in two distinct insulating phases: the standard homogeneous Mott insulator and the inhomogeneous charge-disproportionated insulator, recently also termed Hund's insulator. We characterize the unconventional nature of this Hund's insulating state. Our results are consistent with previous studies of two- and three-orbital models applicable to isolated t2g and eg subshells, respectively, with the added complexity of the low-spin/high-spin transition. We also test the applicability of an effective two-orbital (eg-only) model with disordered S=3/2 t2g core spins. Our results show that the overall features of the phase diagram in the high-spin region are well described by this simplified two-orbital model but also that the spectral features exhibit pronounced differences compared to the full five-orbital description.", 
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        "url": "https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.165135", 
        "type": "Journal reference", 
        "citation": "M. E. Merkel, C. Ederer, Phys. Rev. B 104, 165135 (2021)", 
        "comment": "Paper where the data and plots are discussed", 
        "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.104.165135"
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        "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.00348", 
        "comment": "Preprint to the paper where the data and plots are discussed", 
        "citation": "M. E. Merkel, C. Ederer, arxiv 2107.00348 (2021)", 
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          "Materials Theory, ETH Z\u00fcrich, 8093 Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland"
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        "email": "maximilian.merkel@mat.ethz.ch", 
        "familyname": "Merkel", 
        "givennames": "Maximilian E."
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          "Materials Theory, ETH Z\u00fcrich, 8093 Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland"
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        "email": "claude.ederer@mat.ethz.ch", 
        "familyname": "Ederer", 
        "givennames": "Claude"
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