Altermagnetism in NiSi and antiferromagnetic candidate materials with non-collinear spins

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Hauptverfasser: Singh, Deepak K., Cheong, Sang-Wook, Guo, Jiasen
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author Singh, Deepak K.
Cheong, Sang-Wook
Guo, Jiasen
author_facet Singh, Deepak K.
Cheong, Sang-Wook
Guo, Jiasen
contents Recently, a new class of magnetic phenomenon, called altermagnetism, was proposed where the underlying spin configuration resembles antiferromagnetic structure, but the system violates \textbf{PT} (PT: Parity times Time reversal) symmetry due to the alternation of crystalline symmetry across magnetic ions. Although the original idea was proposed for the collinear spin structure, a recent report by Cheong et al. has suggested that antiferromagnetic materials with non-collinear spin structure and local alternation of crystalline arrangement can also manifest altermagnetism. Besides breaking the \textbf{PT} symmetry, altermagnetic compounds are also expected to exhibit anomalous Hall effects of odd orders. Here, we discuss possible candidates in this regard. One example is nickel monosilicide, which was recently shown to exhibit high temperature antiferromagnetism with non-collinear spin structure. It fulfills both criteria of breaking the \textbf{PT} symmetry and manifesting nonlinear anomalous Hall effect. In addition to NiSi, we also discuss other potential antiferromagnetic materials with non-collinear spin configuration for the exploration of altermagnetic states.
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spellingShingle Altermagnetism in NiSi and antiferromagnetic candidate materials with non-collinear spins
Singh, Deepak K.
Cheong, Sang-Wook
Guo, Jiasen
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Recently, a new class of magnetic phenomenon, called altermagnetism, was proposed where the underlying spin configuration resembles antiferromagnetic structure, but the system violates \textbf{PT} (PT: Parity times Time reversal) symmetry due to the alternation of crystalline symmetry across magnetic ions. Although the original idea was proposed for the collinear spin structure, a recent report by Cheong et al. has suggested that antiferromagnetic materials with non-collinear spin structure and local alternation of crystalline arrangement can also manifest altermagnetism. Besides breaking the \textbf{PT} symmetry, altermagnetic compounds are also expected to exhibit anomalous Hall effects of odd orders. Here, we discuss possible candidates in this regard. One example is nickel monosilicide, which was recently shown to exhibit high temperature antiferromagnetism with non-collinear spin structure. It fulfills both criteria of breaking the \textbf{PT} symmetry and manifesting nonlinear anomalous Hall effect. In addition to NiSi, we also discuss other potential antiferromagnetic materials with non-collinear spin configuration for the exploration of altermagnetic states.
title Altermagnetism in NiSi and antiferromagnetic candidate materials with non-collinear spins
topic Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17451