Quadrupolar Superexchange Interactions, Multipolar Order and Magnetic Phase Transition in UO${}_2$

Abstract

The origin of non-collinear magnetic order in UO${}_2$ is studied by an ab initio dynamical-mean-field-theory framework in conjunction with a linear-response approach for evaluating inter-site superexchange interactions between U 5$f^2$ shells. The calculated quadrupole-quadruple superexchange interactions are found to unambiguously resolve the frustration of face-centered-cubic U sublattice toward stabilization of the experimentally observed non-collinear 3k-magnetic order. Therefore, the exotic 3k antiferromagnetic order in UO${}_2$ can be accounted for by a purely electronic exchange mechanism acting in the undistorted cubic lattice structure. The quadrupolar short-range order above magnetic ordering temperature $T_N$ is found to qualitatively differ from the long-range order below $T_N$.

arXiv comment8 pages, 4 figures. Final version published in Phys. Rev. B

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