Altermagnetic lifting of Kramers spin degeneracy.


Journal

Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Feb 2024
Historique:
received: 21 08 2023
accepted: 28 11 2023
medline: 15 2 2024
pubmed: 15 2 2024
entrez: 15 2 2024
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Lifted Kramers spin degeneracy (LKSD) has been among the central topics of condensed-matter physics since the dawn of the band theory of solids

Identifiants

pubmed: 38356066
doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06907-7
pii: 10.1038/s41586-023-06907-7
doi:

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Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Pagination

517-522

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© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

J Krempaský (J)

Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland. juraj.krempasky@psi.ch.

L Šmejkal (L)

Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

S W D'Souza (SW)

New Technologies Research Center, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech Republic.

M Hajlaoui (M)

Institute of Semiconductor and Solid State Physics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Linz, Austria.

G Springholz (G)

Institute of Semiconductor and Solid State Physics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Linz, Austria.

K Uhlířová (K)

Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

F Alarab (F)

Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland.

P C Constantinou (PC)

Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland.

V Strocov (V)

Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland.

D Usanov (D)

Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland.

W R Pudelko (WR)

Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland.
Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

R González-Hernández (R)

Grupo de Investigación en Física Aplicada, Departamento de Física, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia.

A Birk Hellenes (A)

Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany.

Z Jansa (Z)

New Technologies Research Center, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech Republic.

H Reichlová (H)

Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

Z Šobáň (Z)

Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

R D Gonzalez Betancourt (RD)

Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

P Wadley (P)

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

J Sinova (J)

Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

D Kriegner (D)

Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

J Minár (J)

New Technologies Research Center, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech Republic. jminar@ntc.zcu.cz.

J H Dil (JH)

Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland.
Institut de Physique, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

T Jungwirth (T)

Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic. jungw@fzu.cz.
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom. jungw@fzu.cz.

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