We investigate the ground-state properties of a one-dimensional t 2g -orbital Hubbard model including an atomic spin-orbit coupling by using numerical methods, such as Lanczos diagonalization and densitymatrix renormalization group. As the spin-orbit coupling increases, we find a ground-state transition from a paramegnetic state to a ferromagnetic state. In the ferromagnetic state, since the spin-orbit coupling mixes spin and orbital states with complex number coefficients, an antiferro-orbital state with complex orbitals appears. According to the appearance of the complex orbital state, we observe an enhancement of Γ 4u octupole correlations.KEYWORDS: t 2g orbitals, spin-orbit coupling, multipole, density-matrix renormalization groupThe competition and cooperation between spin and orbital degrees of freedom in strongly correlated electron systems manifest itself in the emergence of various types of spinorbital ordered and quantum liquid phases. [1][2][3] In general, among competing interactions involving spin and orbital, the spin-orbit coupling is supposed to be weak in 3d transitionmetal oxides such as cupurates and manganites, while as we move to 4d and 5d electrons, the spin-orbit coupling becomes strong and responsible for magnetic, transport, and optical properties. When the spin-orbit coupling is dominant, spin and orbital are not independent, but instead the total angular momentum gives a good description of the many-body state. In fact, it has been suggested that Sr 2 IrO 4 , in which Ir 4+ ions have five electrons in triply degenerate t 2g orbitals, exhibits a novel Mott-insulating state with an effective total angular momentum J eff =1/2 due to a strong spin-orbit coupling.
4-7)In the limit of strong spin-orbit coupling, the ground-state Kramers doublet at a local ion can be described by an isospin with J eff =1/2. 8, 9) The exchange interaction among isospins can lead to a variety of ordering and fluctuation phenomena of spin-orbital entangled states.When we move to heavy-element f -electron systems such as rare-earth and actinide compounds, the spin-orbit coupling is large comparing with other energy scales. In such a case, we usually classify the complicated spin-orbital state from the viewpoint of multipole, which is described by the total angular momentum. Indeed, the multipole physics has been actively discussed in the field of heavy electrons.10) A recent trend is to unveil exotic high-order multipole ordering. As an attempt to clarify multipole properties of f -electron systems from a microscopic viewpoint, we have numerically studied multipole correlations of an f -orbital Hubbard model on the basis of the j-j coupling scheme.11) We believe that it is also important to clarify multipole properties in d-electron systems under the effect of the spin-orbit coupling.In this paper, we investigate multipole properties in the ground state of a one-dimensional t 2g -orbital Hubbard model including the spin-orbit coupling by numerical methods. With increasing the spin-orbit coupling, the ground state...