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  Possible absence of trimeron correlations above the Verwey temperature in Fe3O4

Elnaggar, H., Wang, R., Lafuerza, S., Paris, E., Komarek, A. C., Guo, H., et al. (2020). Possible absence of trimeron correlations above the Verwey temperature in Fe3O4. Physical Review B, 101(8): 085107, pp. 1-5. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.085107.

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Elnaggar, H.1, Author
Wang, R.1, Author
Lafuerza, S.1, Author
Paris, E.1, Author
Komarek, A. C.2, Author           
Guo, H.3, Author           
Tseng, Y.1, Author
McNally, D.1, Author
Frati, F.1, Author
Haverkort, M. W.1, Author
Sikora, M.1, Author
Schmitt, T.1, Author
de Groot, F. M. F.1, Author
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1External Organizations, ou_persistent22              
2Alexander Komarek, Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society, ou_1863446              
3Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society, ou_1863445              

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 Abstract: The origin of the metal to insulator transition in Fe3O4 remains a challenge due to the complexity of the system: it is a mixed valent, strongly correlated system where many interactions such as Jahn-Teller distortion, exchange, and phonons are very close in energetics. A recent interpretation of the Verwey transition as an ordering of a three-site magnetic polaron, the trimeron, has been put forward. Here we investigate the existence of the trimeron correlations in the high-temperature phase of Fe3O4 using high-resolution iron 2p3d resonant inelastic scattering magnetic linear dichroism. Guided by theoretical simulations, we reveal that the polarization dependence of the low-energy spin-orbital excitations is incompatible with tetragonal Jahn-Teller trimeron-type distortion. We conclude that the lowest-energy state of the high-temperature phase of Fe3O4 arises from an intricate interplay between trigonal crystal-field, exchange, and spin-orbit interactions.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2020-02-062020-02-06
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Title: Physical Review B
  Abbreviation : Phys. Rev. B
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Publ. Info: Woodbury, NY : American Physical Society
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 101 (8) Sequence Number: 085107 Start / End Page: 1 - 5 Identifier: ISSN: 1098-0121
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925225008