Type II t-J model and shared antiferromagnetic spin coupling from Hund's rule in superconducting La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ (2307.15706v3)
Abstract: Recently, a 80 K superconductor was discovered in La$3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ under high pressure. Density function theory (DFT) calculations identify $d{x2-y2}$, $d_{z2}$ as the active orbitals on the bilayer square lattice with a $d{8-x}$ configuration of of Ni per site. One naive expectation is to describe this system in terms of a two-orbital t-J model. However, we emphasize the importance of Hund's coupling $J_H$ and the $x=0$ limit should be viewed as a spin-one Mott insulator. Especially, the significant Hund's coupling shares the inter-layer super-exchange $J_\perp$ of the $d_{z2}$ orbital to the $d_{x2-y2}$ orbital, an effect that cannot be captured by conventional perturbation or mean-field approaches. In this study, we first explore the limit where the $d_{z2}$ orbital is Mott localized, dealing with a one-orbital bilayer t-J model focused on the $d_{x2-y2}$ orbital. Notably, we find that strong inter-layer pairing survives up to $x=0.5$ hole doping driven by the transmitted $J_\perp$, which explains the existence of a high Tc superconductor in the experiment at this doping level. Next, we uncover the more realistic situation where the $d_{z2}$ orbital is slightly hole-doped and cannot be simply integrated out. We take the $J_H\rightarrow +\infty$ limit and propose a type II t-J model with four \textit{spin-half} singlon ($d7$) states and three \textit{spin-one} doublon ($d8$) states. Employing a parton mean-field approach, we recover similar results as in the one-orbital t-J model, but now with the effect of the $J_\perp$ automatically generated. We propose future experiments to electron dope the system to further enhance $T_c$.
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