Abstract
Noncollinear magnetic states in clusters are studied by using the single-band Hubbard Hamiltonian. The unrestricted Hartree-Fock (UHF) approximation is considered without imposing any symmetry constraints neither to the size or orientation of the local magnetic moments $<\vec S_l>$ nor to the local charge densities $<n_l>$. A variety of qualitatively different selfconsistent solutions is obtained as a function of cluster size, structure, number of valence electrons $\nu$ and Coulomb interaction strength $U/t$. This includes inhomogeneous density distributions, paramagnetic solutions, magnetic solutions with collinear moments and noncollinear spin arrangements that show complex antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic-like orders. The environment dependence of the magnetic properties is analyzed giving emphasis to the effects of antiferromagnetic frustrations in compact structures close to half-band filling. Electron correlation effects are quantified by comparing UHF and exact results for the local magnetic moments, total spin, spin-correlation functions and structural stability of 13-atom clusters. Goals and limitations of the present noncollinear approach are discussed.
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