Gauging away the Stoner model: Engineering unconventional metallic ferromagnetism with artificial gauge fields

TL;DR

This paper explores how artificial gauge fields can destabilize the traditional Stoner model of ferromagnetism, revealing new pathways for engineering unconventional metallic ferromagnetism in Fermi liquids.

Contribution

It demonstrates the breakdown of the Stoner criterion in the presence of gauge fields, linking stability to Landau parameters and suggesting new spintronic applications.

Findings

Fermi liquid stability depends on Landau parameters in gauge fields

Breakdown of Stoner model without long-range magnetic order

Potential for novel spintronic device design

Abstract

For nearly a century, the Stoner model has dominated research in itinerant ferromagnetism, yet recent work on ultracold, optically trapped Fermi gases suggests that phase separation of spins occurs independent of long-range magnetic order. In this paper, we consider the breakdown of the Stoner criterion in a Landau-Fermi liquid with weak non-zero gauge field. Due to a process analogous to Kohn's theory of a metal-insulator transition, we find the stability of a Fermi liquid phase in the absence of non-quasiparticle contributions to the response is strongly dependent on Landau parameters of mixed partial waves. Our work paves the way for the description of novel spintronic hardware in the language of Landau-Fermi liquid transport.