Abstract
The theory of Hall transport of spins in a correlated paramagnetic phase is developed. By identifying the thermal Hall current operator in the spin language, which turns out to equal the spin chirality in the pure Heisenberg model, various response functions can be derived straightforwardly. Subsequent reduction to the Schwinger-boson representation of spins allows a convenient calculation of thermal and spin Hall coefficients in the paramagnetic regime using self-consistent mean-field theory. A comparison is made to results from the Holstein-Primakoff reduction of spin operators appropriate for ordered phases.
- Received 15 October 2014
- Revised 23 February 2015
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.125413
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