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Weyl Magnons in the Non-Coplanar Antiferromagnet MnTe$_2$

Materials Science 2026-02-20 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Using a combination of band representation analysis, inelastic neutron scattering (INS), magneto-Raman spectroscopy measurements, and linear spin wave theory, we establish that the non-coplanar antiferromagnet MnTe2_2 is a tunable Weyl magnon material, hosting symmetry-protected topological nodal lines in its magnon band structure, protected by the the non-coplanar nature of the antiferromagnetic ordering, that transition into Weyl magnons upon the application of symmetry-breaking perturbations using an external magnetic field. By constructing a spin model that reproduces the observed INS magnon spectra and field-dependence of the Raman Γ\Gamma-magnons, we directly probe the topological magnon nodal lines and observe their associated signature of non-trivial topology through the pseudo-spin winding of the scattering intensity in angular scans near the nodal lines. Finally, we discuss how to induce Weyl magnons in the spectrum through an external magnetic field, shedding light on future in-field INS and thermal Hall experiments. This work establishes a clear magnonic analog to Weyl electrons, enabling further exploration of topological behavior in bosonic systems and highlighting the interplay between magnetic order and band topology in non-coplanar antiferromagnets.

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@article{arxiv.2512.18534,
  title  = {Weyl Magnons in the Non-Coplanar Antiferromagnet MnTe$_2$},
  author = {Ahmed E. Fahmy and Archibald J. Williams and Yufei Li and Thuc T. Mai and Kevin F. Garrity and Matthew B. Stone and Mohammed J. Karaki and Sara Haravifard and Angela R. Hight Walker and Rolando Valdés Aguilar and Joshua E. Goldberger and Yuan-Ming Lu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.18534},
  year   = {2026}
}