Advances in the Theory of Altermagnetism

Presentations

• Introduction to Spin Groups and Altermagnetism

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  March 19, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 19, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Publication: [1] PRX 12, 031042 (2022),
  [2] Science Adv. 6, 23 (2020), PNAS 118 42 (2021)
  [3] Nature 626, 517 (2024), arXiv:2511.01690 (2025)
  [4] arXiv:2309.01607v3 (2024), Nature Commun. 16 (1), 7270 (2025)
  [5] arXiv:2506.22860, Nature in press, Newton 1, 6, 100162 (2025)
  [6] arXiv:2309.02355 (2023), Phys. Rev. B 111, 085147 (2025).
  [7] arXiv:2411.19928 (2024).
  [8] PRX 12, 011028 (2022), arXiv:2503.12203, arXiv:2508.09748, under review in Nature Phys. (2025)

  Presenters

  • Libor Šmejkal

    • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

  Authors

  • Libor Šmejkal

    • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

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• Hubbard models for non-relativistic spin-splitting

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  March 19, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Daniel Agterberg

    • University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

  Authors

  • Daniel Agterberg

    • University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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• RuO₂ Revisited: Nonmagnetic Bulk, Ferrimagnetic Surface, and a Rutile Roadmap to Spin Control

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  March 19, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 19, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Publication: D. Q. Ho, D. Q. To, R. Hu, G. W. Bryant, and A. Janotti, "Symmetry-breaking induced surface
  magnetization in nonmagnetic RuO2," Phys. Rev. Materials 9, 094406 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Anderson Janotti

    • University of Delaware

  Authors

  • Anderson Janotti

    • University of Delaware

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• Strain, doping, and defects in MnTe and RuO₂

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  March 19, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 19, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Publication: Effects of altermagnetic order, strain and doping in RuO2, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, in revision [https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.08872]

  Presenters

  • Darshana Wickramaratne

    • United States Naval Research Laboratory

  Authors

  • Darshana Wickramaratne

    • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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• Altermagnetism and Hall of fame: sorting out ordinary, anomalous and topological Hall effects

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  March 19, 2026, 2:24 PM – March 19, 2026, 3:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Igor Mazin

    • George Mason University

  Authors

  • Igor Mazin

    • George Mason University

  • Libor Šmejkal

    • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

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