Altermagnetism from coincident Van Hove singularities: application to κ-Cl

Yue Yu (), Han Gyeol Suh, Mercè Roig and Daniel F. Agterberg
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Yue Yu: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Han Gyeol Suh: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Mercè Roig: University of Copenhagen
Daniel F. Agterberg: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Nature Communications, 2025, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Realizing two-dimensional (2D) altermagnets is important for spintronics applications. Here we propose a microscopic template for stabilizing 2D altermagnetism through Van Hove singularities that are coincident in both energy and momentum. These coincident Van Hove singularities are a generic consequence of non-symmorphic symmetries in nine 2D space groups. Due to nontrivial symmetry properties of the Hamiltonian, these coincident Van Hove singularities allow new hopping interactions between the Van Hove singularities that do not appear in analogous Van Hove singularity based patch models for cuprates and graphene. We show these new interactions can give rise to various weak coupling, and BCS-based instabilities, including altermagnetism, nematicity, inter-band d-wave superconductivity, and orbital altermagnetic order. We apply our results to quasi-2D organic κ-Cl in which altermagnetism is known to appear.

Date: 2025
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