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The transport properties of interacting electrons for which the spin degree of freedom is taken into account are numerically studied for small two dimensional diffusive clusters. On-site electron-electron interactions tend to delocalize the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Richard Berkovits , Jan W. Kantelhardt

We develop a four-sublattice spin-wave theory for the $g$-wave altermagnet candidate hematite ($\alpha$-Fe$_2$O$_3$), considering both its easy-axis phase below and its weak ferromagnetic phase above the Morin temperature. A key question is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-18 Rhea Hoyer , P. Peter Stavropoulos , Aleksandar Razpopov , Roser Valentí , Libor Šmejkal , Alexander Mook

Non-reciprocal superconductivity, also known as the superconducting diode effect, has been extensively studied in the presence of a magnetic field or some form of ferromagnetic order breaking time-reversal symmetry. We here show that…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-07-31 Sayan Banerjee , Mathias S. Scheurer

Altermagnets, a novel class of collinear magnetic materials, exhibit unique spin-split band structures, yet topological insulating states in intrinsic altermagnetic systems are rare. Here, we identify monolayer Fe$_2X_2$O ($X$ = Cl, Br, I)…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-22 Yong-Kun Wang , Si Li , Shengyuan A. Yang

Two-dimensional (2D) metallic altermagnets present exciting opportunities for both fundamental research and practical innovations. Their ability to enhance tunneling magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions, combined with the direct…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Raghottam M. Sattigeri , Xujia Gong , Amar Fakhredine , Carmine Autieri , Giuseppe Cuono

The superconductivity of quasi-one-dimensional electrons in the magnetic field is studied. The system is described as the one-dimensional electrons with no frustration due to the magnetic field. The interaction is assumed to be attractive…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Yasumasa Hasegawa , Mitake Miyazaki

We show that the two-channel Anderson lattice model leads to the development of an unconventional superconductivity out of a metallic non Fermi-liquid phase. It is characterized by a composite order parameter comprising of a local spin or…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Frithjof B. Anders

Altermagnets exhibit a spin-split band structure despite having zero net magnetization, leading to special magnonic properties such as anisotropic magnon lifetimes and field-free spin transport. Here, we present a direct experimental…

In this work we review the recent advances on superconducting phenomena in junctions formed by superconductors and unconventional magnets. Conventional magnets, such as ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, are characterized by broken…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-08-05 Yuri Fukaya , Bo Lu , Keiji Yada , Yukio Tanaka , Jorge Cayao

Based on experimental data on the newly synthesized iron-based superconductors and the relevant band structure calculations, we propose a minimal two-band BCS-type Hamiltonian with the interband Hubbard interaction included. We illustrate…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Q. Han , Y. Chen , Z. D. Wang

We present a theory of superconducting pairing originating from soft critical fluctuations near isospin-polarized states in rhombohedral trilayer graphene. Using a symmetry-based approach, we determine possible isospin order types and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-09-10 Zhiyu Dong , Leonid Levitov

In this review we demonstrate that superconducting pairing, mediated by the exchange of spin fluctuations, is a viable alternative to conventional phonon-mediated pairing. We discuss in detail the normal state properties, the spin…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrey V. Chubukov , David Pines , Joerg Schmalian

Altermagnetism is a collinear compensated magnetically-ordered phase with a d, g or i-wave anisotropy and alternating spin polarization of the electronic structure in the position and momentum space. Its recent discovery was in part…

The magnetic properties of two-dimensional altermagnets can be obtained from a square lattice Heisenberg model with antiferromagetic nearest neighbor interaction and two types of next-nearest neighbor interactions arranged in a checkerboard…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-28 Niklas Cichutek , Peter Kopietz , Andreas Rückriegel

Altermagnetism is a recently identified phase with a d, g or i-wave spin symmetry of magnetic ordering. Its discovery opens new research fronts at intersections of magnetism and spintronics with fields ranging from superconductivity to…

Materials which show a strong time-reversal symmetry-breaking response leading to spin-polarization phenomena, in conjunction with antiparallel magnetic alignments producing zero net magnetization, have recently been identified, classified,…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-11-04 Wenhan Chen , Alyn D. N. James , Stephen B. Dugdale

We investigate coupled spin and heat transport in easy-plane magnetic insulators. These materials display a continuous phase transition between normal and condensate states that is controlled by an external magnetic field. Using…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 B. Flebus , S. A. Bender , Y. Tserkovnyak , R. A. Duine

A novel method invented to measure the minute thermodynamic spin magnetization of dilute two dimensional fermions is applied to electrons in a silicon inversion layer. Interplay between the ferromagnetic interaction and disorder enhances…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 O. Prus , Y. Yaish , M. Reznikov , U. Sivan , V. Pudalov

Two-dimensional topological superconductivity has attracted great interest due to the emergence of Majorana modes bound to vortices and propagating along edges. However, due to its rare appearance in natural compounds, experimental…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-19 J. L. Lado , M. Sigrist

Altermagnets are characterized by anisotropic band/spin splittings in momentum space, dictated by their spin-space group symmetries. However, the real-space modulations of altermagnetism are often neglected and have not been explored…