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Formation of a simple cubic antiferromagnet through charge ordering in a double Dirac material

Tanya Berry1,2,*,†, Vincent C. Morano2,‡,§, Thomas Halloran2,∥, Xin Zhang3,¶, Tyler J. Slade4,5, Aashish Sapkota4,5, Sergey L. Bud'ko4,5, Weiwei Xie6, Dominic H. Ryan7 et al.

Zhijun Xu8, Yang Zhao8,9, Jeffrey W. Lynn8, Tom Fennell10, Paul C. Canfield4,5, Collin L. Broholm2,11, and Tyrel M. McQueen2,1,11

  • *Contact author: tberry@princeton.edu
  • †Present address: Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.
  • ‡Contact author: vincent.morano@psi.ch
  • §Present address: PSI Center for Neutron and Muon Sciences, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, PSI, Switzerland.
  • ∥Present address: NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA.
  • Present address: Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.

Phys. Rev. B 112, 155139 – Published 16 October, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/5cdt-yhnx

Abstract

Following the topological classification of electronic phases, interest has grown in materials with unique electronic or magnetic properties driven by topology and interactions. Here we report that the topologically nontrivial mixed valent intermetalllic EuPd3S4 undergoes long-range charge ordering at TCO=340 K, wherein J=7/2Eu2+ and Van Vleck J=0Eu3+ ions on a body-centered-cubic lattice separate into two interpenetrating simple cubic sublattices. The reduced symmetry transmutes eightfold double Dirac states into fourfold Dirac states and leads to a simple cubic Heisenberg antiferromagnet with G-type antiferromagnetic order for T<TN=2.85(6) K. While time reversal symmetry is broken, its combination with nearest neighbor lattice translation can form a nonsymmorphic symmetry preserving the fourfold Dirac point. The application of a magnetic field yields a spin flop transition at the lowest temperatures but, as a consequence of the extreme isotropy of Eu, that phase transition turns into a crossover at higher temperatures. Our work demonstrates how charge order modifies topology in EuPd3S4 and exposes an archetypal simple cubic Heisenberg antiferromagnet.

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