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Topological Scenario for Stripe Formation in Manganese Oxides

Takashi Hotta, Yasutami Takada, Hiroyasu Koizumi, Elbio Dagotto

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/9911248

Abstract

The spin-charge-orbital complex structures of manganites are studied using topological concepts. The key quantity is the "winding number" w associated with the Berry-phase connection of an eg electron parallel-transported through Jahn-Teller centers, along zigzag one-dimensional paths in an antiferromagnetic environment of t2g spins. From these concepts, it is shown that the "bi-stripe" and "Wigner-crystal" states observed experimentally have different w's. Predictions for the spin structure of the charge-ordered states for heavily doped manganites are discussed.

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