Finite temperature fluctuation-induced order and responses in magnetic topological insulators

2021/01/31 by Marius Scholten, Jorge I. Facio, Rajyavardhan Ray +3
Chemistry · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions #Chemical and Physical Properties of Materials #Magnetic field #Magnetic moment #Order (exchange) #Surface (topology) #Topological Materials and Phenomena #Topological insulator #Topological order #Topology (electrical circuits) #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.str-el #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevresearch.3.l032014

published as Phys. Rev. Research 3, 032014 (2021) · v2: published version, LaTeX 15 pages, 5 figures

openalex created_date 2021/02/01 · openalex publication_date 2021/07/09 · arxiv created 2021/07/13 · arxiv updated 2021/07/14 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

The authors find that fermionic fluctuations increase the surface ordering temperature of magnetic topological insulators, induce a Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction between surface moments and cause a topological magnetoelectric effect.

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