Emerging Research Landscape of Altermagnetism

Magnetism is one of the largest, most fundamental, and technologically most relevant fields of condensed-matter physics. Our perspective starts with an overview of the still emerging unique phenomenology of this unconventional d-wave (or higher even-parity wave) magnetic phase, and of the wide array of altermagnetic material candidates.

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• 1 Traditionally, two basic magnetic phases have been distinguished ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism.
• 2 The spin polarization in the electronic band structure reflecting the magnetization in ferromagnetic crystals underpins the broad range of time-reversal symmetry-breaking responses in this extensively explored and exploited type of magnets.
• 3 By comparison, antiferromagnets have vanishing net magnetization.

This work deepens our understanding of the fundamental laws governing the universe, from subatomic particles to cosmic structures.

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