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We identify a magnetoelectric correction that completes the theoretical description of spin splitting (SS) in magnetic systems. Derived from the Dirac equation, this term couples local magnetic moments to the scalar electric potential,…

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The paper combines two topics belonging to the general theme of the spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) in systems including two basic competing ingredients: the self-focusing cubic nonlinearity and a double-well-potential (DWP) structure.…

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We performed angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) on hexagonal MnTe, a candidate for an altermagnet with a high critical temperature (TN=307 K). By utilizing photon-energy-tunable ARPES in combination with first-principles…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-03-07 T. Osumi , S. Souma , T. Aoyama , K. Yamauchi , A. Honma , K. Nakayama , T. Takahashi , K. Ohgushi , T. Sato

We perform high-field magnetization measurements on the triangular lattice antiferromagnet Fe$_{1/3}$NbS$_2$. We observe a plateau in the magnetization centered at approximately half the saturation magnetization over a wide range of…

Altermagnetism is a compensated magnetic phase characterized by zero net magnetization and exchange-driven spin splitting. However, identifying altermagnets among collinear antiferromagnets usually requires full magnetic-space-group or…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-27 Ying Chen , Qiushi Huang , Yu Wu , Xiaolan Yan , Su-Huai Wei

Altermagnet is a newly discovered magnetic phase, characterized by non-relativistic spin-splitting that has been experimentally observed. Here, we introduce a framework dubbed {\it spin-orbital altermagnetism} to achieve spin-orbital…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-22 Zi-Ming Wang , Yang Zhang , Song-Bo Zhang , Jin-Hua Sun , Elbio Dagotto , Dong-Hui Xu , Lun-Hui Hu

We report the synthesis and magnetic characterization of WFeB and identify it as a metallic d-wave altermagnet representative of a broader TiNiSi-type family. Neutron diffraction, M\"ossbauer spectroscopy, and magnetometry establish a…

Density functional theory (DFT) approaches have been ubiquitously used to predict topological order and non-trivial band crossings in real materials, like Dirac, Weyl semimetals and so on. However, use of less accurate exchange-correlation…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-09-15 Chanchal K. Barman , Chiranjit Mondal , Biswarup Pathak , Aftab Alam

Altermagnets recently came into the spotlight as a new class of magnetic materials, arising as a consequence of specific crystal symmetries. They are characterized by a spin-polarized electronic band structure similar to ferromagnets, but…

The symmetry of long-range magnetic order in manganese telluride (alpha-MnTe) is unknown. Likewise, its standing as an altermagnet. To improve the situation, we present symmetry informed Bragg diffraction patterns based on a primary…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-09-11 S. W. Lovesey , D. D. Khalyavin , G. van der Laan

Symmetry breaking (SB) has proven to be a powerful approach for describing quantum materials: strong correlation, mass renormalization, and complex phase transitions are among the phenomena that SB can capture, even when coupled to a…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-11-11 D. Rivera , Fernando P. Sabino , H. Raebiger , A. Ruzsinszky , J. P. Perdew , G. M. Dalpian

Material scientists and condensed matter physicists have long been divided on the issue of choosing the conceptual framework for explaining why open-shell transition-metal oxides tend to be insulators, whereas otherwise successful theories…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-03 Alex Zunger , Jia-Xin Xiong , John P. Perdew

Recent study (Yuan et. al., Phys. Rev. B 102, 014422 (2020)) revealed a SOC-independent spin splitting and spin polarization effect induced by antiferromagnetic ordering which do not necessarily require breaking of inversion symmetry or the…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-01-27 Lin-Ding Yuan , Zhi Wang , Jun-Wei Luo , Alex Zunger

We establish a quantitative relation between the altermagnetic spin-splitting and different higher order multipoles of the charge and magnetization density around the magnetic atoms. Magnetic multipoles such as octupoles or triakontadipoles…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-22 Francesco Martinelli , Anouk Droux , Claude Ederer

Large spin splitting in the conduction band (CB) and valence band (VB) of ferromagnetic semiconductors (FMSs), predicted by the influential mean-field Zener model[1,2] and assumed in many spintronic device proposals[3-8], has never been…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-01-04 Le Duc Anh , Pham Nam Hai , Masaaki Tanaka

We revisit the antiferromagnetic structure of $\rm Tb_{14}Ag_{51}$ [P. Fischer., $et\, al$. (2005). PRB, 72 134413] with the propagation vector $[{1\over3},{1\over3},{0}] $ and parent space group $P6/m$ using both magnetic symmetry and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-01-18 V. Pomjakushin , J. M. Perez-Mato , P. Fischer , L. Keller , W. Sikora

Net-zero-magnetization magnets have garnered intensive research attention due to their ultradense and ultrafast potential. In terms of the symmetric classification of connecting magnetic atoms with opposite spin polarization, the…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-01-14 San-Dong Guo , Xiao-Shu Guo , Guangzhao Wang

Altermagnets break time-reversal symmetry and their spin-orbit coupling (SOC) allow for an anomalous Hall effect (AHE) that depends on the direction of the N\'eel ordering vector. The AHE and the ferromagnetic spin moment share the same…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-07-03 Mercè Roig , Yue Yu , Rune C. Ekman , Andreas Kreisel , Brian M. Andersen , Daniel F. Agterberg

We propose that the symmetry-breaking bifurcation of coupled topological edge states (CTESs) can be used as a general principle for achieving spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) in a nonlinear topological lattice. Using an optical resonator…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-02 Rujiang Li , Letian Xu , Muhammad Imran , Wencai Wang , Yongtao Jia , Ying Liu

The development of magnetic heterostructures with strong spin-orbit torques (SOTs), low impedance, strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA), and good integration compatibility at the same time is central for high-performance…

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