TY - JOUR AU - Hanke, Jan-Philipp AU - Freimuth, Frank AU - Blügel, Stefan AU - Mokrousov, Yuriy TI - Prototypical topological orbital ferromagnet γ-FeMn JO - Scientific reports VL - 7 SN - 2045-2322 CY - London PB - Nature Publishing Group M1 - FZJ-2017-00793 SP - 41078 PY - 2017 AB - We predict from first principles an entirely topological orbital magnetization in the noncoplanar bulk antiferromagnet γ-FeMn originating in the nontrivial topology of the underlying spin structure, without any reference to spin-orbit interaction. Studying the influence of strain, composition ratio, and spin texture on the topological orbital magnetization and the accompanying topological Hall effect, we promote the scalar spin chirality as key mechanism lifting the orbital degeneracy. The system is thus a prototypical topological orbital ferromagnet, the macroscopic orbital magnetization of which is prominent even without spin-orbit coupling. One of the remarkable features of γ-FeMn is the possibility for pronounced orbital magnetostriction mediated by the complex spin topology in real space. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000392379700001 DO - DOI:10.1038/srep41078 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/826574 ER -