- Accepted Paper
Exactly solvable models hosting altermagnetic quantum spin liquids
Phys. Rev. B - Accepted 9 October, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/ggbl-t6d7
Phys. Rev. B - Accepted 9 October, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/ggbl-t6d7
We construct spin-3/2 and spin-7/2 models on the square-octagon and checkerboard lattices that are exactly solvable with Majorana representations. They give rise to spin-liquid phases with full spin-rotation and lattice-translational symmetries but broken time-reversal symmetry. Although non-zero on elementary plaquettes, the net orbital magnetic moment is guaranteed to vanish as a result of point symmetries; due to the analogy to long-range ordered altermagnets, these types of phases were dubbed altermagnetic spin liquids in []. For the spin-3/2 model, we find that a -wave altermagnetic spin liquid emerges as the unique ground state. In contrast, the spin-7/2 model exhibits a significantly richer phase diagram, involving different types of chiral spin liquids competing with a -wave altermagnetic spin liquid. Finally, we identify and characterize the topological and non-topological excitations, illustrating the rich physics of altermagnetic spin liquids resulting from the interplay of non-trivial topological and symmetry aspects of this novel phase of matter.
If the author has provided any supplemental materials with this article they will be available upon publication of the version of record.