Explore the fascinating intersection where quantum materials meet the complexity of everyday environments in the Cond-Mat — Mes-Hall section. This field investigates how tiny particles behave when caught between the orderly world of single atoms and the chaotic nature of bulk matter, revealing the hidden rules that govern electricity, magnetism, and heat in novel substances.

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Below are the most recent papers in this dynamic area of condensed matter physics, ready for you to explore.

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Spin-degenerate bulk bands and topological surface states associated with Dirac nodal lines in RuO2

Micro-focused ARPES and first-principles calculations reveal that RuO2 exhibits spin-degenerate bulk bands inconsistent with altermagnetism, while its observed surface states near the Fermi level arise from topological Dirac nodal lines, suggesting these features are crucial for understanding the material's spintronic and catalytic properties.

T. Osumi, K. Yamauchi, S. Souma, S. Paul, A. Honma, K. Nakayama, K. Ozawa, M. Kitamura, K. Horiba, H. Kumigashira, C. Bi (…)2026-02-16
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Radial Stabilization of Magnetic Skyrmions Under Strong External Magnetic Field

This paper proposes a two-dimensional magnetic model incorporating an inversion-symmetric q2q^2 (Skyrme) interaction term that stabilizes topologically protected magnetic skyrmions under strong external magnetic fields, addressing scenarios where conventional exchange interactions are overwhelmed by the Zeeman effect.

Emir Syahreza Fadhilla, M Shoufie Ukhtary, Ardian Nata Atmaja, Bobby Eka Gunara2026-02-16
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Real-time adaptive tracking of fluctuating relaxation rates in superconducting qubits

This paper presents an FPGA-powered real-time adaptive protocol that overcomes traditional temporal resolution limits to track rapid fluctuations in superconducting qubit relaxation rates, revealing millisecond-scale switching events and fast two-level system dynamics that redefine calibration timescales and deepen the understanding of environmental decoherence.

Fabrizio Berritta, Jacob Benestad, Jan A. Krzywda, Oswin Krause, Malthe A. Marciniak, Svend Krøjer, Christopher W. Warre (…)2026-02-16
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Wavefunction textures in twisted bilayer graphene from first principles

This study employs large-scale first-principles calculations to reveal how atomic-scale wavefunction textures and interlayer interaction strength in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene drive a topological phase transition involving band inversion, offering a theoretical framework to interpret experimental signatures of superconductivity and correlated phases.

Albert Zhu, Daniel Bennett, Daniel T. Larson, Mohammed M. Al Ezzi, Efstratios Manousakis, Efthimios Kaxiras2026-02-16
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Theory of In-Plane-Magnetic-Field-Dependent Excitonic Spectra in Atomically Thin Semiconductors

This paper theoretically demonstrates that in-plane magnetic fields induce hybridization between spin-bright and spin-dark excitons in transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers, leading to the brightening of dark excitons and complex spectral modifications characterized by energy shifts, broadening, and amplitude variations.

Michiel Snoeken, Paul Steeger, Robert Schmidt, Steffen Michaelis de Vasconcellos, Rudolf Bratschitsch, Andreas Knorr, He (…)2026-02-16
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Magnetotransport Spectroscopy of Strongly Rashba-Split Hole Subbands Reveals Many-Body Interactions

Magnetotransport spectroscopy of low-disorder GaAs/AlGaAs 2D hole gases reveals that many-body interactions enhance the effective masses of both Rashba-split heavy-hole subbands by a common factor of approximately 2.3, providing a cohesive framework that reconciles long-standing discrepancies between Luttinger theory, magnetotransport, and cyclotron resonance measurements.

F. Sfigakis, N. A. Cockton, M. Korkusinski, S. R. Harrigan, G. Nichols, Z. D. Merino, T. Zou, A. C. Coschizza, T. Joshi (…)2026-02-16
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Photogalvanic Effects in Surface States of Topological Insulators under Perpendicular Magnetic Fields

This paper theoretically investigates the tunable nonlinear magneto-optical shift conductivity in the surface states of Bi2_2Se3_3 under perpendicular magnetic fields, demonstrating that the effect arises from discrete Landau level transitions and can be effectively controlled by adjusting the chemical potential and magnetic field strength.

Haoyu Li, Kainan Chang, Wang-Kong Tse, Jin Luo Cheng2026-02-16