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Exactly Solvable Models Hosting Altermagnetic Quantum Spin Liquids

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2026-01-01 v1

Abstract

We construct spin-3/23/2 and spin-7/27/2 models on the square-octagon and checkerboard lattices that are exactly solvable with Majorana representations. They give rise to spin-liquid phases with full spin-rotation and lattice-translational symmetries but broken time-reversal symmetry. Although non-zero on elementary plaquettes, the net orbital magnetic moment is guaranteed to vanish as a result of point symmetries; due to the analogy to long-range ordered altermagnets, these types of phases were dubbed altermagnetic spin liquids in [Phys. Rev. Research 7, 023152 (2025)]. For the spin-3/23/2 model, we find that a gg-wave altermagnetic spin liquid emerges as the unique ground state. In contrast, the spin-7/2 model exhibits a significantly richer phase diagram, involving different types of chiral spin liquids competing with a dd-wave altermagnetic spin liquid. Finally, we identify and characterize the topological and non-topological excitations, illustrating the rich physics of altermagnetic spin liquids resulting from the interplay of non-trivial topological and symmetry aspects of this novel phase of matter.

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@article{arxiv.2512.24076,
  title  = {Exactly Solvable Models Hosting Altermagnetic Quantum Spin Liquids},
  author = {João Augusto Sobral and Pietro M. Bonetti and Subrata Mandal and Mathias S. Scheurer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.24076},
  year   = {2026}
}

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8+7 pages, 3+5 figures

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