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Experimental Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science

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Interests

We are interested in the effects of Berry curvature on physical properties of solids. Recently, we study the interplay between non-coplanar spin arrangements such as magnetic skyrmions, and the electronic band structure. Our toolbox includes

  • Material search, e.g. by symmetry principles or density functional theory calculations
  • Crystal synthesis and characterization
  • Ultra-high resolution electrical and thermal transport measurements
  • Extreme conditions: high DC and pulsed magnetic fields at user facilities in Japan, Europe, and the USA
  • Extreme conditions: low temperature experiments below 300 milli-Kelvin
  • Collaborations on quantum-beam scattering experiments (neutron and x-ray)

Current research topics

Amongst other directions, we are offering projects on the following issues to interested students and post-doctoral researchers:

  1. Search for materials where spin chirality combines with topologically protected features in the electronic structure, such as Weyl points or flat bands

  2. Development of ultra-low temperature setup for measurements of the thermal Hall effect in frustrated magnetic materials

  3. Thermoelectric properties of magnetic oxides, and application to energy harvesting

  4. Search for novel spin textures, such as merons and topological knots, in intermetallics

Contact us to learn more!





Current members



Hirschberger-lab's group picture in May 2023



* email addresses are combined with the extension @ap.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp, unless noted otherwise.



Max Hirschberger
Associate Professor
(准教授)
PI
hirschberger@
Ext. 26835



Dr. Rinsuke Yamada
Assistant Professor
(助教)
2022~
ryamada@
Website: researchmap
Ext. 26829



Dr. Sebastian Esser
JSPS International Research Fellow
(Alexander-von-Humboldt program)
2022~
Ext. 26829



Dr. Priya Baral
Postdoc.Mobility Fellow
(Swiss National Science Foundation)
2024~
Ext. 26829



Dr. Parisa Mokhtari
Visiting Researcher
(from University of Augsburg, Germany)
2024~2025
Ext. 26829



Ryota Nakano
M1 Student
MERIT-WINGS生
2022~


Yuki Ishihara
M1 Student
2023~



Toshihiro Terakawa
B4 Student
2023~



Ryo Misawa
B4 Student
2023~



Charline Roux
International Internship Student
Master Course, ENS Paris, France
2024/02~07





Alumni / Former members

Former members are listed chronologically, with first position after their departure.




Kosuke Tazuke
Bachelor Student
2023-24
→ M1 student, Applied Physics



Dr. Nguyen Khanh
Research Scientist
(RIKEN)
2021-23
→ Research Associate, U Tokyo



Shun Akatsuka
Master Student
2021-23
→ LiB Consulting


Daiki Yamaguchi
Bachelor Student
2022-23
→ M1 student, Applied Physics



Leonie Spitz
Master Student
Main supervisor: Y. Tokura
2019-20
→ Doctor Course,
PSI Switzerland





Teaching and Lecture courses

Autumn 2023 (A1): "Solid State Physics IV: Quantum mechanics and topology", The University of Tokyo, Dept. of Applied Physics
In collaboration with Z. Gong

Autumn 2023 (A1A2): "Solid State Physics II", The University of Tokyo, Dept. of Applied Physics
In collaboration with S. Seki and Y. Tokura

Spring 2023 (S1S2) Physical Engineering Seminar Series: “Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics”
2023年度 物理工学輪講第一, The University of Tokyo, Dept. of Applied Physics

Autumn 2022 (A1): "Solid State Physics IV: Magnetism", The University of Tokyo, Dept. of Applied Physics

Spring 2022: "Engineering Laboratory Techniques", The University of Tokyo, Dept. of Applied Physics
Two lectures (物理工学実験技法B)

Autumn 2021: "Solid State Physics IV: Quantum mechanics and topology", The University of Tokyo, Dept. of Applied Physics
In collaboration with K. Usami

Autumn 2020: "Solid State Physics IV: Quantum mechanics and topology", The University of Tokyo, Dept. of Applied Physics
In collaboration with K. Usami






Publication List (chronological)

    2024

  1. Non-coplanar helimagnetism in the layered van-der-Waals metal DyTe3.
    Nature Communications (in print)
    Preprint at arXiv:2306.04854 - click!
    Akatsuka S., Esser S., Okamura S., Yambe R., Yamada R., Hirschmann M.M., Aji S., White J.S., Gao S., Onuki Y., Arima T.-h., Nakajima T., and Hirschberger M.
  2. Nernst effect of high-mobility Weyl electrons in NdAlSi enhanced by a Fermi surface nesting instability.
    Physical Review X (in print)
    Yamada R., Nomoto T., Miyake A., Terakawa T., Kikkawa A., Arita R., Tokunaga M., Taguchi Y., Tokura Y., and Hirschberger M.
  3. Gapped nodal planes drive a large topological Nernst effect in a chiral lattice antiferromagnet.
    Preprint at arXiv:2403.01113 - click!
    Khanh N.D., Minami S., Hirschmann M.M., Nomoto T., Jiang M.C., Yamada R., Yamaguchi D., Hayashi Y., Okamura Y., Watanabe H., Guo G.Y., Takahashi Y., Seki S., Taguchi Y., Tokura Y., Arita R., and Hirschberger M.
  4. Lattice-commensurate skyrmion texture in a centrosymmetric breathing kagome magnet.
    Preprint at arXiv:2403.05082 - click!
    Hirschberger M., Szigeti B.G., Hemmida M., Hirschmann M.M., Esser S., Ohsumi H., Tanaka Y., Spitz L., Gao S., Kolincio K.K., Sagayama H., Nakao H., Yamasaki Y., Forro L., Krug von Nidda H.-A., Kezsmarki I., Arima T.-h., and Tokura Y.
  5. News & Views: Imaging the twist of antiferromagnetic merons in a blood-red iron oxide.
    Nature Materials 23, 176–177 (2024) - click!
    Spitz, L. and Hirschberger M.
  6. 2023

  7. Topological magneto-optical effect from skyrmion lattice.
    Nature Communications 14, 5416 (2023) - click!
    Kato Y.D., Okamura Y., Hirschberger M., Tokura Y., and Takahashi Y.
  8. Kagome lattice promotes chiral spin fluctuations.
    Physical Review Letters 130, 136701 (2023) - click!
    Kolincio K., Hirschberger M., Masell J., Arima T.-h., Nagaosa N., and Tokura Y.
  9. Planar thermal Hall effect of topological bosons in the Kitaev magnet α-RuCl3.
    Nature Materials 22, 36–41 (2023) - click!
    Czajka P., Gao T., Hirschberger M., Lampen-Kelley P., Banerjee A., Quirk N., Mandrus D.G., Nagler S.E., and Ong N.P.
  10. 2022

  11. Polarized neutron scattering study on the centrosymmetric skyrmion host material Gd2PdSi3.
    Physical Review B 107, 024405 (2022); Preprint: arXiv:2208.08188
    Ju J., Saito H., Kurumaji T., Hirschberger M., Kikkawa A., Taguchi Y., Arima T.-h., Tokura Y., and Nakajima T.
  12. Topological Nernst effect emerging from real-space gauge field and thermal fluctuations in a magnetic skyrmion lattice.
    Physical Review B 106, 214425 (2022)
    Oike H., Ebino T., Koretsune T., Kikkawa A., Hirschberger M., Taguchi Y., Tokura Y., and Kagawa F.
  13. Entropy-assisted, long-period stacking of honeycomb layers in an AlB2-type silicide.
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 144, 37, 16866–16871 (2022) - click!
    Spitz L., Nomoto T., Kitou S., Nakao H., Kikkawa A., Francoual S., Taguchi Y., Arita R., Tokura Y., Arima T.-h., and Hirschberger M.
  14. 2021

  15. News & Views on Quantum Materials: Weyl fermions promote collective magnetism.
    Nature Materials 20, 1592 (2021) - click!
    Hirschberger M. and Tokura Y.
  16. Large Hall and Nernst responses from thermally induced spin chirality in a spin-trimer ferromagnet.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, e2023588118 (2021) - click!
    Kolincio K.K., Hirschberger M., Masell J., Gao S., Kikkawa A., Taguchi Y., Arima T.-h., Nagaosa N., and Tokura Y.
  17. Oscillations of the thermal conductivity observed in the spin-liquid state of α-RuCl3.
    Nature Physics 17, 915–919 (2021)
    Czajka P., Gao T., Hirschberger M., Lampen-Kelley P., Banerjee A., Yan J., Mandrus D.G., Nagler S.E., and Ong N.P.
  18. Robust noncoplanar magnetism in band filling-tuned (Nd1−xCax)2Mo2O7.
    Physical Review B 104, 024436 (2021)
    Hirschberger M., Kaneko Y., Spitz L., Nakajima T., Taguchi Y., and Tokura Y.
  19. Geometrical Hall effect and momentum-space Berry curvature from spin-reversed band pairs.
    Physical Review B (Letter) 103, L041111 (2021)
    Hirschberger M., Nomura, Y., Mitamura H., Miyake A., Koretsune T., Kaneko Y., Spitz L., Taguchi Y., Matsuo A., Kindo K., Arita R., Tokunaga M., and Tokura Y.
  20. Nanometric skyrmion lattice from anisotropic exchange interactions in a centrosymmetric host.
    New Journal of Physics 23, 023039 (2021)
    Hirschberger M., Hayami S. and Tokura Y.
  21. 2020

  22. Emergent electromagnetic induction in a helical-spin magnet.
    Nature 586, 232–236 (2020)
    Yokouchi T., Kagawa F., Hirschberger M., Otani Y., Nagaosa N., and Tokura Y.
  23. Topological Nernst effect of the two-dimensional skyrmion lattice.
    Physical Review Letters 125, 076602 (2020)
    Hirschberger M., Spitz L., Nomoto T., Kurumaji T., Gao S., Masell J., Nakajima T., Kikkawa A., Yamasaki Y., Sagayma H., Nakao H., Taguchi Y., Arita R., Arima T.-h., and Tokura Y.
  24. Nanometric square skyrmion lattice in a centrosymmetric tetragonal magnet.
    Nature Nanotechnology 15, 444–449 (2020)
    Khanh N. D., Nakajima T., Yu X. Z., Gao S., Shibata K., Hirschberger M., Yamasaki Y., Sagayama H., Nakao H., Peng L. C., Nakajima K., Takagi R., Arima T., Tokura Y., and Seki S.
  25. High-field depinned phase and planar Hall effect in skyrmion-host Gd2PdSi3.
    Physical Review B (Rapid) 101, 220401(R) (2020)
    Hirschberger M., Nakajima T., Kriener M., Kurumaji T., Spitz L., Gao S., Kikkawa A., Yamasaki Y., Sagayama H., Nakao H., Ohira-Kawamura S., Taguchi Y., Arima T.-h., and Tokura Y.
  26. 2019

  27. Skyrmion phase and competing magnetic orders on a breathing kagome lattice.
    Nature Communications 10, 5831 (2019)
    Hirschberger M.*, Nakajima T.*, Gao S., Peng L., Kikkawa A., Kurumaji T., Kriener M., Yamasaki Y., Sagayama H., Nakao H., Ohishi K., Kakurai K., Taguchi Y., Yu X., Arima T., and Tokura Y.
  28. Ordering phenomena of spin trimers accompanied by large geometrical Hall effect.
    Physical Review B (Rapid) 100, 241115(R) (2019)
    Gao S.*, Hirschberger M.*, Zaharko O., Nakajima T., Kurumaji T., Kikkawa A., Shiogai J., Tsukazaki A., Kimura S., Awaji S., Taguchi Y., Arima T.-h., and Tokura Y.
  29. Skyrmion lattice with a giant topological Hall effect in a frustrated triangular-lattice magnet.
    Science 365, 914-918 (2019)
    Kurumaji T.*, Nakajima T.*, Hirschberger M., Kikkawa A., Yamasaki Y., Sagayama H., Nakao H., Taguchi Y., Arima T., and Tokura Y.
  30. Ultra-small moment incommensurate spin density wave order masking a ferromagnetic quantum critical point in NbFe2.
    Physical Review Letters 123, 247203 (2019)
    Niklowitz P.G., Hirschberger M., Lucas M., Cermak P., Schneidewind A., Faulhaber E., Mignot J.-M., Duncan W.J., Neubauer A., Pfleiderer C., and Grosche F.M.
  31. A gap-protected zero-Hall effect state in the quantum limit of the non-symmorphic metal KHgSb.
    Nature Materials 18, 443 (2019)
    Liang S., Kushwaha S., Gao T., Hirschberger M., Li J., Wang Z., Stolze K., Skinner B., Bernevig B.A., Cava R.J., and Ong N.P.
  32. Enhanced thermal Hall conductivity below 1 Kelvin in the pyrochlore magnet Yb2Ti2O7.
    arXiv:1903.00595 (2019)
    Hirschberger M., Czajka P., Koohpayeh S.M., Wang W., and Ong N.P.
  33. 2018

  34. Quantum tricritical points in NbFe2
    Nature Physics 14, 62 (2018)
    Friedemann S., Duncan W.J., Hirschberger M., Bauer T.W., Kuechler R., Neubauer A., Brando M., Pfleiderer C., and Grosche F.M.
  35. 2017

  36. The Chiral Anomaly Factory: Creating Weyls with a Magnetic Field.
    Physical Review B 95, 161306 (2017)
    Cano J., Bradlyn B., Wang Z., Hirschberger M., Ong N.P., and Bernevig B.A.
  37. Crystal growth and stoichiometry-dependent properties of the ferromagnetic Weyl semimetal ZrCo2−xSn.
    Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 29, 225702 (2017)
    Kushwaha S.K., Stolze K., Wang Z., Hirschberger M., Lin J., Bernevig B.A., Ong N.P., and Cava R.J.
  38. 2016

  39. The chiral anomaly and thermopower of Weyl fermions in the half-Heusler GdPtBi.
    Nature Materials 15, 1161–1165 (2016)
    Hirschberger M., Kushwaha S., Wang Z., Gibson Q., Liang S., Belvin C.A., Bernevig B.A., Cava R.J., and Ong N.P.
  40. Magnetic phase diagram of underdoped YBa2Cu3Oy inferred from torque magnetization and thermal conductivity.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, 12667 (2016)
    Yu F., Hirschberger M., Loew T., Li G., Lawson B.J., Asaba T., Kemper J.B., Liang T., Porras J., Boebinger G.S., Singleton J., Keimer B., Li L., and Ong N.P.
  41. Time-reversal breaking Weyl fermions in magnetic Heuslers.
    Physical Review Letters 117, 236401 (2016)
    Wang Z., Vergniory M.G., Kushwaha S., Hirschberger M., Chulkov E.V., Ernst A., Ong N.P., Cava R.J., and Bernevig B.A.
  42. Anomalous Nernst Effect in the Dirac Semimetal Cd3As2
    Physical Review Letters 118, 136601 (2016)
    Liang T., Lin J., Gibson Q., Gao T., Hirschberger M., Liu M., Cava R.J., and Ong N.P.
  43. 2015

  44. Large thermal Hall conductivity of neutral spin excitations in a frustrated quantum magnet.
    Science 348, 106-109 (2015)
    Hirschberger M., Krizan J.W., Cava R.J., and Ong N.P.
  45. Thermal Hall Effect of Spin Excitations in a Kagome Magnet.
    Physical Review Letters 115, 106603 (2015)
    Hirschberger M., Chisnell R., Lee Y.S., and Ong N.P.
  46. Evidence for the chiral anomaly in the Dirac semimetal Na3Bi.
    Science 350, 413-416 (2015)
    Xiong J., Kushwaha S.K., Liang T., Krizan J.W., Hirschberger M., Wang W., Cava R.J., and Ong N.P.
  47. Three-dimensional Dirac semimetals: Design principles and predictions of new materials.
    Physical Review B 91, 205128 (2015)
    Gibson Q.D., Schoop L.M., Muechler L., Xie L.S., Hirschberger M., Ong N.P., Car R., and Cava R.J.
  48. Correlation of crystal quality and extreme magnetoresistance of WTe2.
    Europhysics Letters 110, 67002 (2015)
    Ali M.N., Schoop L.M., Xiong J., Flynn S., Gibson Q.D., Hirschberger M., Ong N.P., and Cava R.J.
  49. Dirac metal to topological metal transition at a structural phase change in Au2Pb and prediction of Z2 topology for the superconductor.
    Physical Review B 91, 214517 (2015)
    Schoop L.M., Xie L.S., Chen R.S., Gibson Q.D., Lapidus S.H., Kimchi I., Hirschberger M., Haldolaarachchige N., Ali M.N., Belvin C.A., Liang T., Neaton J.B., Ong N.P., Vishwanath A., and Cava R.J.
  50. Spin dynamics and spin freezing at ferromagnetic quantum phase transitions.
    The European Physical Journal Special Topics 224, 1041-1060 (2015)
    Schmakat P., Wagner M., Ritz R., Bauer A., Brando M., Deppe M., Duncan W., Duvinage C., Franz C., Geibel C., Grosche F.M., Hirschberger M., Hradil K., Meven M., Neubauer A., Schulz M., Senyshyn A., Süllow S., Pedersen B., Böni P., and Pfleiderer C.
  51. 2014

  52. Large, non-saturating magnetoresistance in WTe2.
    Nature 514, 205-208 (2014)
    Ali M.N., Xiong J., Flynn S., Tao J., Gibson Q.D., Schoop L.M., Liang T., Haldolaarachchige N., Hirschberger M., Ong N.P., and Cava R.J.
  53. Paramagnetic to ferromagnetic phase transition in lightly Fe-doped Cr2B.
    Physical Review B 89, 224417 (2014)
    Schoop L.M., Hirschberger M., Tao J., Felser C., Ong N.P., and Cava R.J.
  54. 2013

  55. Evidence for massive bulk Dirac fermions in Pb1−xSnxSe from Nernst and thermopower experiments.
    Nature Communications 4, 2696 (2013)
    Liang T., Gibson Q.D., Xiong J., Hirschberger M., Koduvayur S.P., Cava R.J., and Ong N.P.
  56. 2012

  57. Ferrimagnetism in Fe-rich NbFe2.
    Physical Review B 85, 115137 (2012)
    Haynes T.D., Maskery I., Butchers M.W., Duffy J.A., Taylor J.W., Giblin S.R., Utfeld C., Laverock J., Dugdale S.B., Sakurai Y., Itou M., Pfleiderer C., Hirschberger M., Neubauer A., Duncan W., and Grosche F.M.


Supported by


Government Organizations

FY2023-29
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
科学技術振興機構
FOREST (Fusion-oriented research for disruptive Science and Technology) (創発的研究支援事業)

FY2024-25
Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
日本学術振興会
Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) (学術変革領域研究)
1000テスラ科学

FY2023-27
Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
日本学術振興会
Principal Investigator: Prof. Yoshinori Tokura
Collaborating Researchers: N. Kanazawa & M. Hirschberger groups
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research S (基盤研究 S)

FY2023-27
German Research Foundation (DFG)
Collaborative Research Center: Constrained Quantum Matter
(Transregio TRR360: University of Augsburg, Technical University of Munich)
External Member: M. Hirschberger

FY2022-23
Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
日本学術振興会
New Academic Field Research Grant (新学術領域研究)

FY2021-22
Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
日本学術振興会
Grant-in-Aid for Young Researchers (科研若手)

Private Foundations

FY2023-24
Izumi Foundation
泉科学技術振興財団
Research Grant (研究助成)

FY2022-23
Murata Foundation
村田学術振興財団
Research Grant (研究助成)

FY2022-23
Yamada Foundation
山田科学振興財団
Research Grant (2022年度 研究援助)

FY2022-23
Hattori Hokokai Foundation
服部報公会
Engineering Research Grant (工学研究奨励援助金)

FY2022-23
Kenjiro Takayanagi Foundation
高柳健次郎財団
Research Encouragement Award (研究奨励賞)

FY2022-23
Inamori Foundation
稲盛財団
Research Grant (研究助成)

FY2022-23
Casio Foundation
カシオ科学振興財団
Basic Research Grant (研究助成・基本テーマ)

FY2022-23
Mazda Foundation
公益財団法人マツダ財団
Science and Technology Promotion Grant (第38回 2022年度 科学技術振興関係)

FY2022
Fujimori Science and Technology Promotion Foundation
藤森科学技術振興財団
2022年度 研究助成

FY2022
Iketani Foundation
池谷科学技術振興財団
One-year Research Grant A (単年度研究助成 A)

FY2022
Mizuho Foundation
みずほ学術振興財団
Engineering Research Grant (第65回工学研究助成)

FY2022
New Information Materials Foundation
新素材情報財団
Research Grant (令和4 年度 研究助成)





Picture Gallery




On Mount Mito with Tokura & Hirschberger labs, October 2023



Bōnenkai (year-end party), December 2023



Dr. Yamada and Mr. Nakano (B4) in February 2023 @ Prof. Schoop's lab (Princeton, USA)



Welcome barbecue for B4 students in May 2023



Hirschberger-lab in March 2023 (Sakura at Ueno Park)



Mr. Yamaguchi receiving award for "Best Bachelor Thesis" (March 2023, Department of Applied Physics)



Hirschberger-lab in February 2023 (after B4 thesis presentation)



Hirschberger-lab in October 2022 (on Mount Mitake)



Hirschberger-lab in December 2022



Hirschberger-lab in September 2022



Hirschberger-lab's group picture in May 2022