Absence of magnetic order and magnetic fluctuations in RuO$_{2}$

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Main Authors: Song, Jiabin, Mu, Chao, Zhu, Shilin, Zhou, Xuebo, Wu, Wei, Long, Yun-ze, Luo, Jianlin, Li, Zheng
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author Song, Jiabin
Mu, Chao
Zhu, Shilin
Zhou, Xuebo
Wu, Wei
Long, Yun-ze
Luo, Jianlin
Li, Zheng
author_facet Song, Jiabin
Mu, Chao
Zhu, Shilin
Zhou, Xuebo
Wu, Wei
Long, Yun-ze
Luo, Jianlin
Li, Zheng
contents A novel magnetic class blending ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism, termed altermagnetism, has gained significant attention for its staggered order in coordinate and momentum spaces, time-reversal symmetry-breaking phenomena, and promising applications in spintronics. Ruthenium dioxide (RuO$_{2}$) has been considered a candidate material for altermagnetism, yet the presence of magnetic moments on Ru atoms remains a subject of debate. In this study, we systematically investigated the magnetic properties of RuO$_{2}$ powder using nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) measurements. The NQR spectra show that there is no internal magnetic field. Furthermore, the temperature independence of spin-lattice relaxation rate, $1/T_1T$, proves that there are no magnetic fluctuations. Our results unambiguously demonstrate that Ru atoms in RuO$_{2}$ possess neither static magnetic moments nor fluctuating magnetic moments, and thus RuO$_{2}$ does not possess the magnetic characteristics essential for altermagnetism.
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spellingShingle Absence of magnetic order and magnetic fluctuations in RuO$_{2}$
Song, Jiabin
Mu, Chao
Zhu, Shilin
Zhou, Xuebo
Wu, Wei
Long, Yun-ze
Luo, Jianlin
Li, Zheng
Strongly Correlated Electrons
A novel magnetic class blending ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism, termed altermagnetism, has gained significant attention for its staggered order in coordinate and momentum spaces, time-reversal symmetry-breaking phenomena, and promising applications in spintronics. Ruthenium dioxide (RuO$_{2}$) has been considered a candidate material for altermagnetism, yet the presence of magnetic moments on Ru atoms remains a subject of debate. In this study, we systematically investigated the magnetic properties of RuO$_{2}$ powder using nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) measurements. The NQR spectra show that there is no internal magnetic field. Furthermore, the temperature independence of spin-lattice relaxation rate, $1/T_1T$, proves that there are no magnetic fluctuations. Our results unambiguously demonstrate that Ru atoms in RuO$_{2}$ possess neither static magnetic moments nor fluctuating magnetic moments, and thus RuO$_{2}$ does not possess the magnetic characteristics essential for altermagnetism.
title Absence of magnetic order and magnetic fluctuations in RuO$_{2}$
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.00399