Published June 27, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

CuAg(SO4)2: A doubly strongly correlated altermagnetic three-dimensional analog of the parent compounds of high-Tc cuprates

  • 1. Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
  • 2. Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
  • 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Quantum Science and Engineering Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA

Description

The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity (HTSC) in strongly correlated cuprates opened a new chapter in condensed matter physics, breaking existing stereotypes of what is a material base for a good superconductor ("Matthias rules"), at the same time emphasizing the richness and challenge of strongly correlated physics, personified by the most strongly correlated 3d ion, Cu2+. A recently reported new compound, CuAg(SO4)2, combines in a fascinating way the same ion with the most strongly correlated 4d one, Ag2+. In this Letter, we present a detailed analysis of electronic and magnetic properties of this material, and show that it is very different from the HTSC cuprates in several different ways, and opens a door into further research of superconductivity and magnetism, in particular altermagnetism, in strongly correlated materials.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.109.L220412;
arXiv
arXiv:2403.02201;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/100000183; 10.13039/501100001691; 10.13039/501100004721;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review B
Journal Volume
109
Journal Issue
22
Journal Page Range
6 pgs.
ISSN
1550-235X

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Copyright
©2024 American Physical Society
Contract/Grant/Project number
W911NF-22-2-0173; 22H01181; 23K19032
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Funding organization
Army Research Office; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; University of Tokyo