Collinear altermagnetism for 3D chiral higher-order topological insulators

[2608.27552] Collinear altermagnetism for 3D chiral higher-order topological insulators Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in Condensed Matter > Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics arXiv:2608.27552 (cond-mat) [Submitted on 27 Aug 2026] Title: Collinear altermagnetism for 3D chiral higher-order topological insulators Authors: Andreas Hadjipaschalis , Jennifer Cano View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: Despite significant progress in the study of higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs), the chiral $C_4\mathcal{T}$-protected HOTI has remained elusive in electronic materials, where $C_4\mathcal{T}$ denotes the product of a four-fold rotation and time-reversal symmetry. We show that altermagnetism, a recently discovered form of collinear magnetism, provides a new route to realize this elusive phase. Specifically, we construct a microscopic model that combines a three-dimensional topological insulator with a collinear $d$-wave altermagnet on a Lieb lattice. Through analytical and numerical calculations, we show that the magnetism shifts and gaps the surface Dirac cones to produce the desired chiral hinge channels. Finally, we identify promising material classes to realise our proposal. Our results establish collinear altermagnetism as a route to intrinsic chiral higher-order topology and open a new path toward the discovery of $C_4\mathcal{T}$-protected HOTIs in real materials. Comments: 10 pages, 4 figures Subjects: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) Cite as: arXiv:2608.27552 [cond-mat.mes-hall] (or arXiv:2608.27552v1 [cond-mat.mes-hall] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.27552 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Andreas Hadjipaschalis [ view email ] [v1] Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 UTC (4,707 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Current browse context: cond-mat.mes-hall < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-08 Change to browse by: cond-mat References & Citations SciX Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate ( What is Replicate? ) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces ( What is Spaces? ) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI ( What is TXYZ.AI? ) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) IArxiv recommender toggle IArxiv Recommender ( What is IArxiv? ) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs . Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax ( What is MathJax? ) We gratefully acknowledge support from our major funders , member institutions , and all contributors. About · Help · Contact · Subscribe · Copyright · Privacy · Accessibility · Operational Status (opens in new tab) Major funding support from (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab)

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