Abstract
Motivated by the recently discovered high-๐๐ bilayer nickelate superconductor La3โขNi2โขO7, we comprehensively research a bilayer 2ร2ร2 cluster for different electronic densities ๐ by using the Lanczos method. We also employ the random-phase approximation to quantify the first magnetic instability with increasing Hubbard coupling strength, also varying ๐. Based on the spin structure factor ๐โก(๐), we have obtained a rich magnetic phase diagram in the plane defined by ๐ and ๐/๐, at fixed Hund coupling, where ๐ is the Hubbard strength and ๐ the bandwidth. We have observed numerous states, such as A-AFM, Stripes, G-AFM, and C-AFM. At half-filling, ๐=2 (two electrons per Ni site, corresponding to ๐=16 electrons), the canonical superexchange interaction leads to a robust G-AFM state (๐,๐,๐) with antiferromagnetic couplings both in-plane and between layers. By increasing or decreasing electronic densities, ferromagnetic tendencies emerge from the โhalf-emptyโ and โhalf-fullโ mechanisms, leading to many other interesting magnetic tendencies. In addition, the spin-spin correlations become weaker both in the hole or electron doping regions compared with half-filling. At ๐=1.5 (or ๐=12), density corresponding to La3โขNi2โขO7, we obtained the โStripe 2โ ground state (antiferromagnetic coupling in one in-plane direction, ferromagnetic coupling in the other, and antiferromagnetic coupling along the ๐ง axis) in the 2ร2ร2 cluster. In addition, we obtained a much stronger AFM coupling along the ๐ง axis than the magnetic coupling in the ๐ฅโข๐ฆ plane. The random-phase approximation calculations with varying ๐ give very similar results as Lanczos, even though both techniques are based on quite different procedures. Additionally, a state with ๐/๐=(0.6,0.6,1) close to the E-phase wavevector is found in our RPA calculations by slightly reducing the filling to ๐=1.25, possibly responsible for the E-phase SDW recently observed in experiments. Our predictions can be tested by chemically doping La3โขNi2โขO7.