Fyzikální ústav Akademie věd ČR

Spin-Orbit Coupling, Strong Interactions, and Topological Character: By Design & By Serendipity

Seminar Tuesday, 17/05/2016 15:00

Speakers: Warren E. Pickett (Department of Physics, University of California Davis, USA)
Place: Na Slovance, main lecture hall
Presented in English
Organisers: Department of Condensed Matter Theory

Abstract: This talk will wander through some developments from my group related to topological character of transition metal oxides (TMO). Certainly spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is a central feature, specifically the interplay between SOC and strong correlation effects as treated within density functional theory. Chern insulating phases within the "generalized phase diagram" of two TMO structural classes will be described.

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