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SYTI: Symposium Topological Insulators: Status Quo and Future Directions

SYTI 1: Topological Insulators: Status Quo and Future Directions

SYTI 1.3: Invited Talk

Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 10:30–11:00, H1

Interplay of magnetic and electronic states in pyrochlore iridates — •Leon Balents — University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

The pyrochlore iridates are a series of compounds undergoing antiferromagnetic ordering and metal-insulator transitions. They are of interest because they combine electron correlation effects and the potential for non-trivial band topology. We will discuss the theoretical picture of these materials, from electronic structure to magnetism and phase transitions, and how they may be controlled through applied fields and temperature. Comparison will be made between theory and recent experiments.