Thermal Hall conductivity from semiclassical spin dynamics simulations: implementation and applications to chiral ferromagnets and Kitaev magnets

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Main Authors: Salgado-Linares, Ignacio, Mook, Alexander, Mangeolle, Léo, Knolle, Johannes
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Published: 2026
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author Salgado-Linares, Ignacio
Mook, Alexander
Mangeolle, Léo
Knolle, Johannes
author_facet Salgado-Linares, Ignacio
Mook, Alexander
Mangeolle, Léo
Knolle, Johannes
contents We investigate thermal Hall transport in magnetic systems, using semiclassical spin dynamics simulations. Building on a linear response framework, we discuss the intricacies of computing the thermal Hall conductivity from real-time energy current correlations and the energy magnetization. We then apply this methodology to two models: a square-lattice chiral magnet with in-plane Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, and the antiferromagnetic Kitaev model in a field. Our results demonstrate the efficiency of semiclassical spin dynamics to study thermal Hall transport capturing quantitative effects beyond the simple intrinsic non-interacting approximation. They can serve as a benchmark for comparison with experiments in regimes where non-linearities from magnon-magnon interactions and strong thermal fluctuations play a crucial role.
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spellingShingle Thermal Hall conductivity from semiclassical spin dynamics simulations: implementation and applications to chiral ferromagnets and Kitaev magnets
Salgado-Linares, Ignacio
Mook, Alexander
Mangeolle, Léo
Knolle, Johannes
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We investigate thermal Hall transport in magnetic systems, using semiclassical spin dynamics simulations. Building on a linear response framework, we discuss the intricacies of computing the thermal Hall conductivity from real-time energy current correlations and the energy magnetization. We then apply this methodology to two models: a square-lattice chiral magnet with in-plane Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, and the antiferromagnetic Kitaev model in a field. Our results demonstrate the efficiency of semiclassical spin dynamics to study thermal Hall transport capturing quantitative effects beyond the simple intrinsic non-interacting approximation. They can serve as a benchmark for comparison with experiments in regimes where non-linearities from magnon-magnon interactions and strong thermal fluctuations play a crucial role.
title Thermal Hall conductivity from semiclassical spin dynamics simulations: implementation and applications to chiral ferromagnets and Kitaev magnets
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.08777