Topological Chiral Magnons in the Altermagnet AgF2 Monolayer
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Abstract
Altermagnets have emerged as a fertile ground for quantum phenomena, but topological phases unifying different quasiparticles remain largely unexplored. Here, we demonstrate that monolayer AgF2 hosts a dual topological state, driven by a single ferroelastic distortion. This polar transition breaks inversion symmetry and unleashes relativistic spin-orbit effects, simultaneously imparting non-trivial topology to electrons and magnons. The result is valence bands with opposite Chern numbers, CE = ±3, and a magnon spectrum with a full topological gap and chiral bands, CM = ±1. This work realizes topological altermagnonics in a tangible material platform, with a clear experimental fingerprint in the transverse thermal Hall effect. The coexistence of fermionic and bosonic topology in AgF2 opens new directions for designing intrinsically hybrid quantum matter.
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J. W. González, R. A. Gallardo, N. Vidal-Silva, A. M. León. Topological Chiral Magnons in the Altermagnet AgF
2 MonolayerJ.
Chin. Phys. Lett..
DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/43/2/020705
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J. W. González, R. A. Gallardo, N. Vidal-Silva, A. M. León. Topological Chiral Magnons in the Altermagnet AgF2 MonolayerJ. Chin. Phys. Lett.. DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/43/2/020705
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J. W. González, R. A. Gallardo, N. Vidal-Silva, A. M. León. Topological Chiral Magnons in the Altermagnet AgF2 MonolayerJ. Chin. Phys. Lett.. DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/43/2/020705
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J. W. González, R. A. Gallardo, N. Vidal-Silva, A. M. León. Topological Chiral Magnons in the Altermagnet AgF2 MonolayerJ. Chin. Phys. Lett.. DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/43/2/020705
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