@article{KernreiterGovernaleZuelickeetal.2016, author = {Kernreiter, T. and Governale, M. and Z{\"u}licke, U. and Hankiewicz, E. M.}, title = {Anomalous Spin Response and Virtual-Carrier-Mediated Magnetism in a Topological Insulator}, series = {Physical Review X}, volume = {6}, journal = {Physical Review X}, number = {021010}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevX.6.021010}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-166582}, year = {2016}, abstract = {We present a comprehensive theoretical study of the static spin response in HgTe quantum wells, revealing distinctive behavior for the topologically nontrivial inverted structure. Most strikingly, the q=0 (long-wavelength) spin susceptibility of the undoped topological-insulator system is constant and equal to the value found for the gapless Dirac-like structure, whereas the same quantity shows the typical decrease with increasing band gap in the normal-insulator regime. We discuss ramifications for the ordering of localized magnetic moments present in the quantum well, both in the insulating and electron-doped situations. The spin response of edge states is also considered, and we extract effective Land{\´e} g factors for the bulk and edge electrons. The variety of counterintuitive spin-response properties revealed in our study arises from the system's versatility in accessing situations where the charge-carrier dynamics can be governed by ordinary Schr{\"o}dinger-type physics; it mimics the behavior of chiral Dirac fermions or reflects the material's symmetry-protected topological order.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Brehm2009, author = {Brehm, Sascha}, title = {Two-Particle Excitations in the Hubbard Model for High-Temperature Superconductors: A Quantum Cluster Study}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-38719}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2009}, abstract = {Two-particle excitations, such as spin and charge excitations, play a key role in high-Tc cuprate superconductors (HTSC). Due to the antiferromagnetism of the parent compound the magnetic excitations are supposed to be directly related to the mechanism of superconductivity. In particular, the so-called resonance mode is a promising candidate for the pairing glue, a bosonic excitation mediating the electronic pairing. In addition, its interactions with itinerant electrons may be responsible for some of the observed properties of HTSC. Hence, getting to the bottom of the resonance mode is crucial for a deeper understanding of the cuprate materials . To analyze the corresponding two-particle correlation functions we develop in the present thesis a new, non-perturbative and parameter-free technique for T=0 which is based on the Variational Cluster Approach (VCA, an embedded cluster method for one-particle Green's functions). Guided by the spirit of the VCA we extract an effective electron-hole vertex from an isolated cluster and use a fully renormalized bubble susceptibility chi0 including the VCA one-particle propagators.Within our new approach, the magnetic excitations of HTSC are shown to be reproduced for the Hubbard model within the relevant strong-coupling regime. Exceptionally, the famous resonance mode occurring in the underdoped regime within the superconductivity-induced gap of spin-flip electron-hole excitations is obtained. Its intensity and hourglass dispersion are in good overall agreement with experiments. Furthermore, characteristic features such as the position in energy of the resonance mode and the difference of the imaginary part of the susceptibility in the superconducting and the normal states are in accord with Inelastic Neutron Scattering (INS) experiments. For the first time, a strongly-correlated parameter-free calculation revealed these salient magnetic properties supporting the S=1 magnetic exciton scenario for the resonance mode. Besides the INS data on magnetic properties further important new insights were gained recently via ARPES (Angle-Resolved Photoemission-Spectroscopy) and Raman experiments which disclosed a quite different doping dependence of the antinodal compared to the near-nodal gap. This thesis provides an approach to the Raman response similar to the magnetic case for inspecting this gap dichotomy. In agreement with experiments and one-particle data obtained in the VCA, we recover the antinodal gap decreasing and the near-nodal gap increasing as a function of doping. Hence, our results prove the Hubbard model to account for these salient gap features. In summary, we develop a two-particle cluster approach which is appropriate for the strongly-correlated regime and contains no free parameter. Our results obtained with this new approach combined with the phase diagram and the one-particle excitations obtained in the VCA strongly constitute a Hubbard model description of HTSC cuprate materials.}, subject = {Hochtemperatursupraleiter}, language = {en} }