Theory of Unconventional Magnetism: exploring altermagnets and beyond

Workshop, October 20th - 24th, 2025

This workshop focuses on the theory of emerging unconventional magnetic material classes such as altermagnets, p-wave magnets, and other complex spontaneous magnetic ordered phases with emergent properties. These magnetic phases beyond the conventional s-wave order magnetic paradigm bring new points of views that connect with many fundamental areas of physics and motivated the search for a practical path towards teramagnetic technology.

The concept of altermagnetism and unconventional magnetism beyond the s-wave paradigm has interesting analogies and connections with diverse problems in condensed matter physics, such as unconventional superconductivity, correlated electronic liquid-crystalline phases, multipolar magnetic order, spintronics, and topological phenomena.

The goal of this one-week workshop is to bring together scientists interested in the general problem of altermagnetism who have complementary expertise and experience on these related condensed-matter physics problems. While the workshop will host a few daily talks covering the latest results of this fast-moving field, the focus will be on discussions and direct interactions between the participants, to foster a collaborative environment that will help advance the field and open new research directions.

Organizers

Rafael Fernandes, UIUC
Jairo Sinova, JGU
Libor Šmejkal, MPI Dresden
Roser Valenti, GU Frankfurt

Invited Speakers

Daniel F. Agterberg, UW Brian M. Andersen, KU Kirill Belashchenko, UNL Annica Black-Schaffer, UU Stefan Blügel, FZJ Atasi Chakraborty, JGU Eduardo Fradkin, UIUC Marcel Franz, UBC Olena Gomonay, JGU Tomas Jungwirth, IPCAS Pague

Johannes Knolle, TU Munich Alexander Mook, JGU Rodrigo G. Pereira, UFRN Paolo Radaelli, Oxford Joerg Schmalian, KIT Mathias Scheurer, MPI Stuttgart Jeroen van der Brink, IFW Dresden Jörn Venderbos, Drexel