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IOP Publishing, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 42(34), p. 425501, 2022

DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac87e6

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Direct observation of antiferromagnetic parity violation in the electronic structure of Mn2Au

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Abstract

Abstract Using momentum microscopy with sub-µm spatial resolution, allowing momentum resolved photoemission on individual antiferromagnetic domains, we observe an asymmetry in the electronic band structure, E ( k ) ≠ E ( − k ) , in Mn2Au. This broken band structure parity originates from the combined time and parity symmetry, P T , of the antiferromagnetic order of the Mn moments, in connection with spin–orbit coupling. The spin–orbit interaction couples the broken parity to the Néel order parameter direction. We demonstrate a novel tool to image the Néel vector direction, N, by combining spatially resolved momentum microscopy with ab-initio calculations that correlate the broken parity with the vector N.