• Accepted Paper

Magnon-dislon hybridization in magnetic insulators

Carlos Saji, Nicolas Vidal-Silva, and Roberto E. Troncoso

Phys. Rev. B - Accepted 21 October, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/dbd5-2s48

Abstract

Spin dynamics in ordered magnets with topological lattice defects is investigated. Using fracton–elasticity duality, we develop an effective field theory of magnons coupled to quantized lattice dislocations (dislons) in magnetic insulators. Within this framework, an elastic gauge field mediates a nonlocal interaction between dislocations and magnetization gradients. The resulting magnetoelastic coupling gives rise to coherent magnon–dislon hybridization whose properties are dictated by dislocation topology. Screw dislocations exhibit helicity-selective hybridization and symmetry-protected dark dislon sectors, while edge dislocations generate anisotropic hybrid excitations with finite spin-precession ellipticity through the glide constraint. Our results establish dislocations as dynamical topological defects with directly observable polarization fingerprints in magnon spectra, and reveal magnon–dislon hybridization as a new route to control spin dynamics.

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