npj Computational Materials (Oct 2023)

Machine learning assisted derivation of minimal low-energy models for metallic magnets

  • Vikram Sharma,
  • Zhentao Wang,
  • Cristian D. Batista

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-023-01137-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Abstract We consider the problem of extracting a low-energy spin Hamiltonian from a triangular Kondo Lattice Model (KLM). The non-analytic dependence of the effective spin-spin interactions on the Kondo exchange excludes the use of perturbation theory beyond the second order. We then introduce a Machine Learning (ML) assisted protocol to extract effective two- and four-spin interactions. The resulting spin model reproduces the phase diagram of the original KLM as a function of magnetic field and single-ion anisotropy and reveals the effective four-spin interactions that stabilize the field-induced skyrmion crystal phase. Moreover, this model enables the computation of static and dynamical properties with a much lower numerical cost relative to the original KLM. A comparison of the dynamical spin structure factor in the fully polarized phase computed with both models reveals a good agreement for the magnon dispersion even though this information was not included in the training data set.