James A. D. N., Sekania M., Dugdale S. B., Chioncel L.

We calculated the magnetic Compton profiles (MCPs) of Ni using density functional theory supplemented by electronic correlations treated within dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT). We present comparisons between the theoretical and experimental MCPs. The theoretical MCPs were calculated using the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method with the perturbative spin-polarized T-matrix fluctuation exchange approximation DMFT solver, as well as with the full potential linear augmented plane-wave method with the numerically exact continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo DMFT solver. We show that the total magnetic moment decreases with the intra-atomic Coulomb repulsion U, which is also reflected in the corresponding MCPs. The total magnetic moment obtained in experimental measurements can be reproduced by intermediate values of U. The spectral function reveals that the minority X₂ Fermi-surface pocket shrinks and gets shallower with respect to the density functional theory calculations.

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