Axionic Antiferromagnetic Insulator Phase in a Correlated and Spin-Orbit Coupled System

作者:Sekine Akihiko*; Nomura Kentaro
来源:Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2014, 83(10): 104709.
DOI:10.7566/JPSJ.83.104709

摘要

We study theoretically a three-dimensional correlated and spin-orbit coupled system, the half-filled extended Fu-Kane-Mele-Hubbard model on a diamond lattice, focusing on the topological magnetoelectric response of the antiferromagnetic insulator phase. In the antiferromagnetic insulator phase, the Dirac-like low-energy effective Hamiltonian is obtained. Then the theta term, which results in the magnetoelectric response, is derived as a consequence of the chiral anomaly. The realization of the dynamical axion field in our model is discussed. The relation with a symmetry broken phase induced by interactions in lattice quantum chromodynamics is also discussed.

  • 出版日期2014-10-15