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Condensed Matter Seminar

Anomalous Hall effect and piezomagnetism in altermagnets

Prof. Maxim Khodas
Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Date Mon, 23 Nov 2026
Time 11:10 – 12:00
Venue Gershon Cherni Classroom and Cultural Complex (90), room 236

Abstract

I define altermagnetism and introduce the two-dimensional Lieb lattice as the simplest realization of this novel magnetic phase. The anomalous Hall effect arising from altermagnetic order and spin–orbit interaction is illustrated with several examples. A comparison between the magnetic point-group and spin-space-group formulations is presented, demonstrating that the Berry-curvature singularity at nodal lines gives rise to a linear, non-analytic scaling of the intrinsic Hall conductivity with spin–orbit coupling. Extrinsic Hall is shown to be substantial in roughly half of altermagnets, namely featuring the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction.

The non-relativistic piezomagnetism is classified next as linear, quadratic and cubic in strain in g-, h- and i-wave altermagnets, respectively.

Finally I will discuss the odd-parity magnets as the zero spin-orbit realization of ising superconductors.
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