Abstract
The electronic and magnetic properties of the cubic double perovskite Ba2NaOsO6 were examined by performing first-principles density functional theory calculations and analyzing spin-orbit coupled states of an Os7+ (d1) ion at an octahedral crystal field. The insulating behavior of Ba2NaOsO6 was shown to originate from a cooperative effect of electron correlation and spin-orbit coupling. This cooperative effect is responsible not only for the absence of orbital ordering in Ba2 NaOsO6 but also for a small magnetic moment and a weak magnetic anisotropy in Ba2NaOsO6.
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