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Non-collinear magnetism driven by a hidden multipolar order in PrO2

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Standard microscopic approach to magnetic orders is based on assuming a Heisenberg form for inter-atomic exchange interactions. These interactions are considered as the driving force for the ordering transition with magnetic moments serving as the primary order parameter. Any higher-rank multipoles appearing simultaneously with such magnetic order are typically treated as auxiliary order parameters rather than a principal cause of the transition. In this study, we show that these traditional assumptions are violated in the case of PrO 2. Evaluating a full set of Pr-Pr superexchange interactions from a first-principles many-body technique we find that its unusual non-collinear 2k magnetic structure stems from high-rank multipolar interactions, and that the corresponding contribution of the Heisenberg interactions is negligible. The observed magnetic order in PrO 2 is thus auxiliary to high-rank "hidden" multipoles. Within this picture we consistently account for previously unexplained experimental observations like the magnitude of exchange splitting and the evolution of magnetic structure in external field. Our findings challenge the standard paradigm of observable magnetic moments being the driving force for magnetic transitions.
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hal-04460481 , version 1 (15-02-2024)

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Sergii Khmelevskyi, Leonid V Pourovskii. Non-collinear magnetism driven by a hidden multipolar order in PrO2. Communications Physics, 2024, 7, pp.12. ⟨10.1038/s42005-023-01503-7⟩. ⟨hal-04460481⟩
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