Electronic phonon induced magnetism in moiré Mott-Wigner crystals

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Autori principali: Liang, Weide, Du, Xiaoying, Zhang, Na, Yu, Hongyi
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Pubblicazione: 2026
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author Liang, Weide
Du, Xiaoying
Zhang, Na
Yu, Hongyi
author_facet Liang, Weide
Du, Xiaoying
Zhang, Na
Yu, Hongyi
contents We show that magnetism in moiré Mott-Wigner crystals can be induced by the collective vibration of electrons around their equilibrium positions (i.e., electronic phonons), even without spin interactions between electrons. Due to a geometric valley-orbit coupling from the Berry phase effect, the zero-point energy of electronic phonons reaches minimum when electrons are fully valley polarized. This leads to a spontaneous magnetization when below a critical temperature. We also propose to engineer the magnetism through the photoexcitation of chiral electronic phonons.
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spellingShingle Electronic phonon induced magnetism in moiré Mott-Wigner crystals
Liang, Weide
Du, Xiaoying
Zhang, Na
Yu, Hongyi
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We show that magnetism in moiré Mott-Wigner crystals can be induced by the collective vibration of electrons around their equilibrium positions (i.e., electronic phonons), even without spin interactions between electrons. Due to a geometric valley-orbit coupling from the Berry phase effect, the zero-point energy of electronic phonons reaches minimum when electrons are fully valley polarized. This leads to a spontaneous magnetization when below a critical temperature. We also propose to engineer the magnetism through the photoexcitation of chiral electronic phonons.
title Electronic phonon induced magnetism in moiré Mott-Wigner crystals
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.13172