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Area of Science:

  • Condensed matter physics
  • Materials science

Background:

  • Altermagnetism, a novel collinear compensated magnetic phase, is gaining significant attention due to its complex physics and potential applications.
  • Current research faces limitations in available physical models and confirmed material candidates for altermagnetism.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a general scheme for constructing altermagnetic models.
  • To demonstrate the blend of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic correlations in real space through spin cluster design.
  • To facilitate the study of altermagnetism and guide the discovery of new altermagnetic materials.

Main Methods:

  • Designing spin clusters to explicitly exhibit combined ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic correlations.
  • Investigating the spontaneous realization of altermagnetic order via electron-electron interactions.

Main Results:

  • A general scheme for constructing altermagnetic models was successfully proposed.
  • The designed spin clusters effectively blend ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic correlations.
  • Spontaneous altermagnetic order was observed in several models across a wide phase diagram range due to electron-electron interactions.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed scheme provides a pathway to create diverse altermagnetic models.
  • The findings support the observed resemblance of altermagnet properties to a mix of ferromagnets and antiferromagnets.
  • This work is expected to accelerate research into the physics of altermagnetism and the discovery of new materials.