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Title: Charge Transfer and Zhang-Rice Singlet Bands in the Nickelate Superconductor $\mathrm{La_3Ni_2O_7}$ under Pressure
(Submitted on 11 Jul 2023 (v1), last revised 6 Oct 2023 (this version, v2))
Abstract: Recently, a bulk nickelate superconductor $\mathrm{La_3Ni_2O_7}$ is discovered at pressures with a remarkable high transition temperature $T_c \sim 80K$. Here, we study a Hubbard model with tight-binding parameters derived from \textit{ab initio} calculations of $\mathrm{La_3Ni_2O_7}$, by employing large scale determinant quantum Monte Carlo and cellular dynamical mean-field theory. Our result suggests that the superexchange couplings in this system are comparable to that of cuprates. The system is a charge transfer insulator as hole concentration becomes four per site at large Hubbard $U$. Upon hole doping, two low-energy spin-singlet bands emerge in the system exhibiting distinct correlation properties: while the one composed of the out-of-plane Ni-$d_{3z^2-r^2}$ and O-$p_z$ orbitals demonstrates strong antiferromagnetic correlations and narrow effective bandwidth, the in-plane singlet band consisting of the Ni-$d_{x^2-y^2}$ and O-$p_x / p_y$ orbitals is in general more itinerant. Over a broad range of hole doping, the doped holes occupy primarily the $d_{x^2-y^2}$ and $p_x / p_y$ orbitals, whereas the $d_{3z^2-r^2}$ and $p_z$ orbitals retain underdoped. We propose an effective $ t-J$ model to capture the relevant physics and discuss the implications of our result for comprehending the $\mathrm{La_3Ni_2O_7}$ superconductivity.
Submission history
From: Wéi Wú [view email][v1] Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:51:18 GMT (777kb,D)
[v2] Fri, 6 Oct 2023 08:13:37 GMT (1493kb,D)
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