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Starting from the ab initio band structure for Na x CoO2, we derive the single-electron energies and the effective tight-binding description for the t 2g bands using a projection procedure. We find that, due to the presence of the next-nearest-neighbor hoppings, a local minimum in the electronic dispersion close to the Γ point of the first Brillouin zone forms. Therefore, in addition to a large Fermi surface, an electron pocket close to the Γ point emerges at high doping concentrations. The latter yields a new scattering channel resulting in the peak structure of the itinerant magnetic susceptibility at low momenta. This indicates an itinerant in-plane ferromagnetic state above a certain critical concentration x m , which is in agreement with neutron scattering data. Below x m , the magnetic susceptibility shows a tendency towards antiferromagnetic fluctuations. We estimate the value of 0.56 < x m < 0.68 within the rigid band model and within the Hubbard model with infinite on-site Coulomb repulsion consistent with the experimental phase diagram.
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Korshunov, M.M., Eremin, I., Shorikov, A. et al. Electronic theory for itinerant in-plane magnetic fluctuations in Na x CoO2 . Jetp Lett. 84, 650–655 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364006240040
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