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Main Authors: Zhang, Sheng, Song, Ziyin, Fang, Zhong, Weng, Hongming, Wang, Zhijun
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.21821
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author Zhang, Sheng
Song, Ziyin
Fang, Zhong
Weng, Hongming
Wang, Zhijun
author_facet Zhang, Sheng
Song, Ziyin
Fang, Zhong
Weng, Hongming
Wang, Zhijun
contents We present an open-source software package IRSSG for investigating magnetic systems with spin space groups (SSGs). The package works within the density functional theory (DFT) framework and requires wavefunctions from DFT codes, such as VASP, Quantum ESPRESSO, as well as any other code that has an interface to Wannier90. We introduce a set of compact SSG international symbols by combining non-crystallographic point groups with the 230 crystallographic space groups. The program first identifies all SSG operations and determines the SSG international symbol for a given magnetic system. It then generates the SSG character tables of little groups at any $k$ point. Finally, it computes the traces of matrix representations of SSG operations and assigns irreducible corepresentation labels to magnetic energy bands. The program is not only timely but also essential for advancing research on the study of magnons, altermagnetism, magnetic topology, and novel high-degeneracy excitations in SSG systems.
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spellingShingle IRSSG: An Open-Source Software Package for Spin Space Groups
Zhang, Sheng
Song, Ziyin
Fang, Zhong
Weng, Hongming
Wang, Zhijun
Materials Science
We present an open-source software package IRSSG for investigating magnetic systems with spin space groups (SSGs). The package works within the density functional theory (DFT) framework and requires wavefunctions from DFT codes, such as VASP, Quantum ESPRESSO, as well as any other code that has an interface to Wannier90. We introduce a set of compact SSG international symbols by combining non-crystallographic point groups with the 230 crystallographic space groups. The program first identifies all SSG operations and determines the SSG international symbol for a given magnetic system. It then generates the SSG character tables of little groups at any $k$ point. Finally, it computes the traces of matrix representations of SSG operations and assigns irreducible corepresentation labels to magnetic energy bands. The program is not only timely but also essential for advancing research on the study of magnons, altermagnetism, magnetic topology, and novel high-degeneracy excitations in SSG systems.
title IRSSG: An Open-Source Software Package for Spin Space Groups
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.21821