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Quantum geometric ferromagnetism by singular saddle point

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2026-05-14 v2

Abstract

We propose ferromagnetism that occurs in electrons at a saddle point with band touching, which we call the singular saddle point. At the singular saddle point, the divergent quantum metric induces ferromagnetic correlation, and the logarithmic divergence of the density of states ensures ferromagnetism within Stoner theory. This is a prototypical example of quantum geometric ferromagnetism. The two-dimensional t2gt_{2g}-orbital model accommodates the ferromagnetism by this mechanism, which is continuously connected to the exactly proven flat-band ferromagnetism.

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@article{arxiv.2505.01089,
  title  = {Quantum geometric ferromagnetism by singular saddle point},
  author = {Taisei Kitamura and Hiroki Nakai and Akito Daido and Youichi Yanase},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.01089},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

6 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, End Matter, and Supplemental Material (7 pages, 7 figures)

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