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Register a new userThe Lowdin orthogonalization and magnetoelectric coupling for noncentrosymmetric ions
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A.S. Moskvin
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The Loewdin orthogonalization procedure being the well-known technique, particularly in quantum chemistry, however, gives rise to novel effects missed in earlier studies. Making use of the technique of irreducible tensorial operators we have developed a regular procedure for account of the orthogonalization effects. For illustration we address the emergence of a specific magnetoelectric coupling for noncentrosymmetric 3d or 4f ions.
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