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Sophia Adams

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Non-relativistic spin splitting in a triangular metal-excess magnet Fe$_{1+\delta}$Sb

Non-relativistic spin-splitting (NRSS) antiferromagnets have recently emerged as an important class of magnetic materials that combine compensated magnetism with momentum-dependent spin splitting, offering new opportunities for spintronic applications. Here, we investigate a NiAs-type Fe$_{1+\delta}$Sb series ($\delta = 0.17$-0.30) using neutron diffraction, pair distribution function, magnetometry and density functional theory calculations. Neutron diffraction establishes that Fe$_{1+\delta}$Sb adopts a $120^\circ$ coplanar compensated magnetic order with a non-zero propagation vector $\mathbf{k}=(1/3,\,1/3,\,0)$. Increasing interstitial Fe suppresses the ordered magnetic moment while inducing local symmetry lowering, as revealed by pair distribution function refinements. Density functional theory predicts momentum-dependent spin splitting, dominated by an out-of-plane spin polarization with an odd-parity f-wave-like symmetry, establishing the material as a non-collinear NRSS antiferromagnet. Motivated by the structural similarities between Fe$_{1+\delta}$Sb and a known altermagnet CrSb, we further investigate their solid solution and find that Cr substitution at intermediate concentrations gives rise to a ferromagnetic component and a cluster spin-glass behavior. These results establish Fe$_{1+\delta}$Sb as a new platform for non-collinear NRSS antiferromagnetism and demonstrate metal interstitial and substitution as effective parameters for tuning the magnetic order and properties.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Symmetry-Protected Weyl Nodal Loops in a Triangular Altermagnet

Weyl semimetals and altermagnets represent two distinct classes of quantum materials exhibiting nontrivial topological and magnetic order, respectively. Here we report the realization of a Weyl nodal-loop altermagnet in Cr$_7$Se$_8$, combining neutron diffraction and first-principles calculations. The hexagonal system hosts a coplanar $120^\circ$ compensated magnetic order on a triangular lattice, which breaks inversion-time-reversal and translation-time-reversal symmetries simultaneously while preserving a crystalline mirror plane. The resulting electronic structure features linearly dispersing nodal loops close to the Fermi level ($E_F$) confined to the mirror-invariant $k_z=0$ plane. Along high-symmetry directions, the crossings near $E_F$ form Dirac-like fourfold degeneracies in the absence of spin-orbit coupling; at generic momenta, these crossings split into twofold and form continuous Weyl-like nodal loops protected by mirror symmetry. The momentum-dependent spin polarization exhibits an $f$-wave-like pattern characteristic of odd-parity altermagnets.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Thermal Bootstrap of Large-N Matrix Models via Conic Optimization

This paper is aimed at improving thermal bootstrapping methods for matrix quantum mechanics. The thermal energies of the large-$N$ one-matrix anharmonic oscillator and large-$N$ two-matrix anharmonic oscillator were bounded without logarithmic relaxation using the Quantum Information Conic Solver. For the one-matrix model, which can be interpreted using an effective theory of ``long strings'' in the low temperature limit, stricter bootstrap bounds yield a value of the first long string excited energy within $0.001\%$ of the physical value and the first estimation from symmetry and self-consistency equations alone of the first long string coupling coefficient.

hep-th