Welcome to Hirschberger lab
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Experimental Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science

(Visualization by M. Ishida of RIKEN CEMS)
© 2021 RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science


Interests

We are interested in quantum mechanical phenomena that appear in solids. We make crystals of materials where quantum mechanics manifests itself clearly, especially in the electronic or thermal transport properties. Our toolbox includes:

  • Quantum-beam scattering experiments: neutron and x-ray scattering at facilities in Japan and overseas
  • Ultra-high resolution electrical and thermal transport measurements
  • Device fabrication by the focused ion beam technique
  • Extreme conditions: high DC and pulsed magnetic fields at user facilities in Japan, Europe, and the USA
  • Extreme conditions: low temperature experiments down to 300 milli-Kelvin

Current research topics

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

  1. p-wave magnets and their emergent functionality

  2. Emergent electric field from moving magnetic textures

  3. New materials with Kagome lattice

  4. Superconductivity in oxides

  5. Topological Dirac / Weyl semimetals

  6. Thermal Hall effect of metals and insulators, including methods development

Contact us to learn more!





Current members



Our lab's group picture in May 2025



* 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@
researchmap
Ext. 26835



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



Akiko Nishiyama
Staff Assistant
Main affiliation: QPEC, U Tokyo
anishiyama@
Ext. 26855



Dr. Elina Zhakina
Feodor Lynen Fellow
(Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
2025~2027
Ext. 26829



Ryota Nakano
D2 Student
SPRING-GX生
MERIT-WINGS生,創発RA
2022~



Ryo Misawa
D1 Student
MERIT-WINGS生,創発RA
2023~



Yuki Tanaka
M2 Student
MERIT-WINGS生
先端国際共同RA
2024~



Weiyi Yun
M2 Student
2025~



Karin Kobayashi
M1 Student
2025~



Connor Pollak
Cooperative Visiting Researcher
Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry
Princeton University
2025/10~12





Alumni / Former members

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


  1. Toshihiro Terakawa — B4, M1, M2 student
    Stay: 2023~26 — Next: Simplex Inc.
  2. Tomohiro Matsuda — B4 student
    Stay: 2025~26 — Next: M1 student, Applied Physics, U Tokyo
  3. Dr. Priya Baral — Postdoc.Mobility Fellow (Swiss National Science Foundation)
    Stay: 2024~26 — Next: Scientist, Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
  4. Josh Leeman — Cooperative Visiting Researcher (Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University)
    Stay: 2025/8~9
  5. Tobi Nakamoto — Research Graduate Student (Master student, TU Munich, Germany)
    Stay: 2024~25
  6. Sebastian Ritter — International Internship Student (DAAD RISE)
    Stay: 2025/6~8 — Next: ETH Zurich, Switzerland (Master Course)
  7. Dr. Parisa Mokhtari — Visiting Researcher
    Stay: 2024~25 — Next: University of Augsburg, Germany (Postdoctoral Researcher)
  8. Yuki Ishihara — M1, M2 student
    Stay: 2023~25 — Next: Nippon Steel Solutions Co.
  9. Keita Taguchi — B4 student
    Stay: 2024~25 — Next: M1 student, Applied Physics, U Tokyo
  10. Dr. Sebastian Esser — JSPS International Research Fellow (Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellow)
    Stay: 2022~24 — Next: ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (Coating Technology High NA EUV)
  11. Kosuke Tazuke — B4 student
    Stay: 2023~24 — Next: M1 student, Applied Physics, U Tokyo
  12. Dr. Nguyen Khanh — Research Scientist (RIKEN)
    Stay: 2021~23 — Next: Research Associate, U Tokyo
  13. Shun Akatsuka — M1, M2 student
    Stay: 2021~23 — Next: LiB Consulting
  14. Daiki Yamaguchi — B4 student
    Stay: 2022~23 — Next: M1 student, Applied Physics
  15. Leonie Spitz — Visiting Student, RIKEN (Master student, TU Munich, Germany)
    Main supervisor: Prof. Y. Tokura Stay: 2019~20 — Next: PSI Switzerland (Ph.D. program)




Teaching and Lecture courses

Autumn 2026 (A1): "Solid State Physics IV", The University of Tokyo, Dept. of Applied Physics

Autumn 2025 (A1): "Solid State Physics IV: Quantum mechanics and topology", The University of Tokyo, Dept. of Applied Physics
In collaboration with Z. Gong

Autumn 2025 (A1A2): "Solid State Physics II", The University of Tokyo, Dept. of Applied Physics
In collaboration with R. Yoshimi and Y. Tokura

Spring 2024: "Engineering Laboratory Techniques", The University of Tokyo, Dept. of Applied Physics
Two lectures (物理工学実験技法B)

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)

    Preprints

  1. Stripe antiferromagnetism in van der Waals metal HoTe3 decoupled from charge density wave order.
    Preprint at arXiv:2602.16261 - click!
    Yun W., Nakano R., Misawa R., Yamada R., Akatsuka S., Onuki Y., Baral P. R., Saitoh H., Kiyanagi R., Ohhara T., Nakajima T., Arima T., and Hirschberger M.
  2. Material realization of spinless, covalent-type Dirac semimetals in three dimensions.
    Preprint at arXiv:2507.06550 - click!
    Tanaka Y., Yamada R., Sato M., Hirayama M., and Hirschberger M.
  3. Current-linear emergent induction of pinned skyrmion textures in an oxide bilayer.
    Preprint at arXiv:2503.10600 - click!
    Scheuchenpflug L., Esser S., Gruhl R., Hirschberger M., and Gegenwart P.

    4. 2026

  4. Topological thermal Hall effect and nondissipative transport of the nanometric skyrmion lattice in Gd2PdSi3.
    PNAS Nexus (2026) - click!
    Yamaguchi D., Mokhtari P., Yamada R., Kikkawa A., Taguchi Y., Tokura Y., and Hirschberger M.
  5. Collinear kagome ferromagnetism with reduced moment length in kagome magnet Nd3Ru4Al12.
    Physical Review B, in print
    Ishihara Y., Yamada R., Nomoto T., Baral P. R., Nakano R., Hirschmann M. M., Gautam K., Kolincio K. K., Kikkawa A., Aji S., Saitoh H., Matsuda M., Taguchi Y., Arima T.-h., Tokura Y., Nakajima T., and Hirschberger M.
  6. Perfectly harmonic spin cycloid and multi-Q textures in the Weyl semimetal GdAlSi.
    Nature Communications (2026) - click!
    Nakano R., Yamada R., Bouaziz J., Colling M., Gen M., Shoriki K., Okamura Y., Kikkawa A., Ohsumi H., Tanaka Y., Sagayama H., Nakao H., Taguchi Y., Takahashi Y., Tokunaga M., Arima T., Tokura Y., Arita R., Masell J., Hayami S., and Hirschberger M.
    Open access publication
  7. Emergent electric field induced by dissipative sliding dynamics of domain walls in a Weyl magnet.
    Nature Physics 22, 239–244 (2026) - click!
    Yamada R., Kurebayashi D., Fujishiro Y., Okumura S., Nakamura D., Yasin F.S., Nakajima T., Yokouchi T., Kikkawa A., Taguchi Y., Tokura Y., Tretiakov O.A., and Hirschberger M.
    Link to Press Release by RIKEN: JP
    Link to Press Release by U Tokyo: JP
    Link to Press Release by JST: JP
  8. Bulk superconductivity in the kagome metal YRu3B2.
    Physica Scripta 101, 055912 (2026) - click!
    Gaggl T., Misawa R., Kriener M., Tanaka Y., Yamada R., and Hirschberger M.
    Open access publication

    9. 2025

  9. Successive orthorhombic distortions in kagome metals by molecular orbital formation.
    Advanced Materials e13015 (2025) - click!
    Misawa R., Kitou S., Yamada R., Gaggl T., Nakano R., Shibata Y., Okamura Y., Kriener M., Nakamura Y., Ōnuki Y., Takahashi Y., Arima T.-h., Jovanovic M., Schoop L. M., and Hirschberger M.
    Open access publication
  10. Metallic p-wave magnet with commensurate spin helix.
    Nature 646, 837–842 (2025) - click!
    Yamada R., Birch M. T., Baral P. R., Okumura S., Nakano R., Gao S., Ezawa M., Nomoto T., Masell J., Ishihara Y., Kolincio K. K., Belopolski I., Sagayama H., Nakao H., Ohishi K., Ohhara T., Kiyanagi R., Nakajima T., Tokura Y., Arima T.-h., Motome Y., Hirschmann M. M., and Hirschberger M.
    Link to Press Release by U Tokyo: JP
    Link to Commentary in Cond. Mat. Journal Club by Prof. Yuan Li (IOP/CAS, Beijing)
    arXiv version
  11. Chemical enhancement of superconductivity in LaRu3Si2 with mode-selective coupling between kagome phonons and flat bands.
    Physical Review Research 7, 033032 (2025) - click!
    Misawa R., Kriener M., Yamada R., Nakano R., Jovanovic M., Schoop L.M., and Hirschberger M.
    Open access publication
  12. Gapped nodal planes and large topological Nernst effect in the chiral lattice antiferromagnet CoNb3S6.
    Nature Communications 16, 2654 (2025) - 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.
    Link to Press Release by U Tokyo: JP / EN
    Open access publication
  13. Topological Hall effect of Skyrmions from First Principles.
    Phys. Rev. X 15, 011054 (2025) - click!
    Chen H.Y., Nomoto T., Hirschberger M., and Arita R.
    Link to Press Release by U Tokyo: JP / EN
    Open access publication
  14. Triangular Lattice Magnet GdGa2 with Short-Period Spin Cycloids and Possible Skyrmion Phases.
    Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 94, 024705 (2025) - click!
    Baral P.R., Khanh N.D., Gen M., Sagayama H., Nakao H., Arima T.-h., Onuki Y., Tokura Y., and Hirschberger M.
    JPSJ Editors' Choice
    Commentary: Prof. T. Matsumura, JPSJ News Comments 22, 01 (2025)
    arXiv version
  15. Synthesis of a semimetallic Weyl ferromagnet with point Fermi surface.
    Nature 637, 1078–1083 (2025) - click!
    Belopolski I., Watanabe R., Sato Y., Yoshimi R., Kawamura M., Nagahama S., Zhao Y., Shao S., Jin Y., Kato Y., Okamura Y. Zhang X.-X., Fujishiro Y., Takahashi Y., Hirschberger M., Tsukazaki A., Takahashi K.S., Chiu C.-K., Chang G., Kawasaki M., Nagaosa N., and Tokura Y.
    Link to Research Briefing article
    Link to Press Release by RIKEN
    arXiv version
  16. Comment on "Reconsidering the nonlinear emergent inductance: time-varying Joule heating and its impact on the AC electrical response".
    Physical Review B 111, 146401 (2025) - click!
    Yokouchi T., Kitaori A., Yamaguchi D., Kanazawa N., Hirschberger M., Nagaosa N., and Tokura Y.
    arXiv version

    17. 2024

  17. Designing giant Hall response in layered topological semimetals.
    Nature Communications 15, 10112 (2024) - click!
    Skorupskii G., Orlandi F., Robredo I., Jovanovic M., Yamada R., Katmer F., Vergniory M., Manuel P., Hirschberger M., and Schoop L.
    Open access publication
  18. Non-coplanar helimagnetism in the layered van-der-Waals metal DyTe3.
    Nature Communications 15, 4291 (2024) - click!
    Akatsuka S., Esser S., Okumura 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.
    arXiv version
    Open access publication
  19. Nernst effect of high-mobility Weyl electrons in NdAlSi enhanced by a Fermi surface nesting instability.
    Physical Review X 14, 021012 (2024) - click!
    Yamada R., Nomoto T., Miyake A., Terakawa T., Kikkawa A., Arita R., Tokunaga M., Taguchi Y., Tokura Y., and Hirschberger M.
    Open access publication
  20. Lattice-commensurate skyrmion texture in a centrosymmetric breathing kagome magnet.
    npj Quantum Materials 9, 45 (2024) - 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.
    Open access publication
  21. Dynamic transition and Galilean relativity of current-driven skyrmions.
    Nature 633, 554-559 (2024) - click!
    Birch M.T., Belopolski I., Fujishiro Y., Kawamura M., Kikkawa A., Taguchi Y., Hirschberger M., Nagaosa N., and Tokura Y.
    Link to News And Views article by Prof. Yingying Wu
    Link to Press Release by U Tokyo
    arXiv version
  22. 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.

    23. 2023

  23. 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.
    Link to Press Release by U Tokyo
    Open access publication
  24. 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.
    arXiv version
  25. 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.
    Link to News & Views article by Prof. Hae-Young Kee
    arXiv version

    26. 2022

  26. Polarized neutron scattering study on the centrosymmetric skyrmion host material Gd2PdSi3.
    Physical Review B 107, 024405 (2022) - click!
    Ju J., Saito H., Kurumaji T., Hirschberger M., Kikkawa A., Taguchi Y., Arima T.-h., Tokura Y., and Nakajima T.
    arXiv version
  27. Topological Nernst effect emerging from real-space gauge field and thermal fluctuations in a magnetic skyrmion lattice.
    Physical Review B 106, 214425 (2022) - click!
    Oike H., Ebino T., Koretsune T., Kikkawa A., Hirschberger M., Taguchi Y., Tokura Y., and Kagawa F.
  28. 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.
    arXiv version

    29. 2021

  29. News & Views on Quantum Materials: Weyl fermions promote collective magnetism.
    Nature Materials 20, 1592 (2021) - click!
    Hirschberger M. and Tokura Y.
  30. 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.
    Open access publication
  31. Oscillations of the thermal conductivity observed in the spin-liquid state of α-RuCl3.
    Nature Physics 17, 915–919 (2021) - click!
    Czajka P., Gao T., Hirschberger M., Lampen-Kelley P., Banerjee A., Yan J., Mandrus D.G., Nagler S.E., and Ong N.P.
    Link to Press Release by Princeton University
    arXiv version (not updated after publication)
  32. Robust noncoplanar magnetism in band filling-tuned (Nd1−xCax)2Mo2O7.
    Physical Review B 104, 024436 (2021) - click!
    Hirschberger M., Kaneko Y., Spitz L., Nakajima T., Taguchi Y., and Tokura Y.
  33. Geometrical Hall effect and momentum-space Berry curvature from spin-reversed band pairs.
    Physical Review B (Letter) 103, L041111 (2021) - click!
    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.
  34. Nanometric skyrmion lattice from anisotropic exchange interactions in a centrosymmetric host.
    New Journal of Physics 23, 023039 (2021) - click!
    Hirschberger M., Hayami S. and Tokura Y.
    arXiv version

    35. 2020

  35. Emergent electromagnetic induction in a helical-spin magnet.
    Nature 586, 232–236 (2020) - click!
    Yokouchi T., Kagawa F., Hirschberger M., Otani Y., Nagaosa N., and Tokura Y.
    Link to News And Views article by Prof. Seonghoon Woo
    Link to Press Release by JST
  36. Topological Nernst effect of the two-dimensional skyrmion lattice.
    Physical Review Letters 125, 076602 (2020) - click!
    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.
    arXiv version
  37. Nanometric square skyrmion lattice in a centrosymmetric tetragonal magnet.
    Nature Nanotechnology 15, 444–449 (2020) - click!
    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.
    Link to Press Release by U Tokyo
    arXiv version
  38. High-field depinned phase and planar Hall effect in skyrmion-host Gd2PdSi3.
    Physical Review B (Rapid) 101, 220401(R) (2020) - click!
    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.
    arXiv version

    39. 2019

  39. Skyrmion phase and competing magnetic orders on a breathing kagome lattice.
    Nature Communications 10, 5831 (2019) - click!
    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.
    Link to Press Release by RIKEN
    Selected for "Top 50 Physics Articles of 2019" in Nature Communications
    Open access publication
  40. Ordering phenomena of spin trimers accompanied by large geometrical Hall effect.
    Physical Review B (Rapid) 100, 241115(R) (2019) - click!
    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.
    arXiv version
  41. Skyrmion lattice with a giant topological Hall effect in a frustrated triangular-lattice magnet.
    Science 365, 914-918 (2019) - click!
    Kurumaji T.*, Nakajima T.*, Hirschberger M., Kikkawa A., Yamasaki Y., Sagayama H., Nakao H., Taguchi Y., Arima T., and Tokura Y.
    Link to Press Release by RIKEN
    arXiv version
  42. Ultra-small moment incommensurate spin density wave order masking a ferromagnetic quantum critical point in NbFe2.
    Physical Review Letters 123, 247203 (2019) - click!
    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.
    arXiv version
  43. A gap-protected zero-Hall effect state in the quantum limit of the non-symmorphic metal KHgSb.
    Nature Materials 18, 443 (2019) - click!
    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.
    arXiv version
  44. Enhanced thermal Hall conductivity below 1 Kelvin in the pyrochlore magnet Yb2Ti2O7.
    Hirschberger M., Czajka P., Koohpayeh S.M., Wang W., and Ong N.P.
    arXiv version

    45. 2018

  45. Quantum tricritical points in NbFe2.
    Nature Physics 14, 62 (2018) - click!
    Friedemann S., Duncan W.J., Hirschberger M., Bauer T.W., Kuechler R., Neubauer A., Brando M., Pfleiderer C., and Grosche F.M.
    arXiv version

    46. 2017

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

    48. 2016

  48. The chiral anomaly and thermopower of Weyl fermions in the half-Heusler GdPtBi.
    Nature Materials 15, 1161–1165 (2016) - click!
    Hirschberger M., Kushwaha S., Wang Z., Gibson Q., Liang S., Belvin C.A., Bernevig B.A., Cava R.J., and Ong N.P.
    Link to News & Views article by Prof. Claudia Felser & Prof. Binghai Yan
    arXiv version
  49. Magnetic phase diagram of underdoped YBa2Cu3Oy inferred from torque magnetization and thermal conductivity.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, 12667 (2016) - click!
    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.
    arXiv version
  50. Time-reversal breaking Weyl fermions in magnetic Heuslers.
    Physical Review Letters 117, 236401 (2016) - click!
    Wang Z., Vergniory M.G., Kushwaha S., Hirschberger M., Chulkov E.V., Ernst A., Ong N.P., Cava R.J., and Bernevig B.A.
    arXiv version
  51. Anomalous Nernst Effect in the Dirac Semimetal Cd3As2.
    Physical Review Letters 118, 136601 (2016) - click!
    Liang T., Lin J., Gibson Q., Gao T., Hirschberger M., Liu M., Cava R.J., and Ong N.P.
    arXiv version

    52. 2015

  52. Large thermal Hall conductivity of neutral spin excitations in a frustrated quantum magnet.
    Science 348, 106-109 (2015) - click!
    Hirschberger M., Krizan J.W., Cava R.J., and Ong N.P.
    Link to 'Journal Club of Condensed Matter Physics' commentary by Prof. Leon Balents
    arXiv version (not updated after publication)
  53. Thermal Hall Effect of Spin Excitations in a Kagome Magnet.
    Physical Review Letters 115, 106603 (2015) - click!
    Hirschberger M., Chisnell R., Lee Y.S., and Ong N.P.
    arXiv version (not updated after publication)
  54. Evidence for the chiral anomaly in the Dirac semimetal Na3Bi.
    Science 350, 413-416 (2015) - click!
    Xiong J., Kushwaha S.K., Liang T., Krizan J.W., Hirschberger M., Wang W., Cava R.J., and Ong N.P.
    Prof. Ongs oral talk at NHMFL
    arXiv version (not updated after publication)
  55. Three-dimensional Dirac semimetals: Design principles and predictions of new materials.
    Physical Review B 91, 205128 (2015) - click!
    Gibson Q.D., Schoop L.M., Muechler L., Xie L.S., Hirschberger M., Ong N.P., Car R., and Cava R.J.
    arXiv version (not updated after publication)
  56. Correlation of crystal quality and extreme magnetoresistance of WTe2.
    Europhysics Letters 110, 67002 (2015) - click!
    Ali M.N., Schoop L.M., Xiong J., Flynn S., Gibson Q.D., Hirschberger M., Ong N.P., and Cava R.J.
    arXiv version (not updated after publication)
  57. 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) - click!
    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.
  58. Spin dynamics and spin freezing at ferromagnetic quantum phase transitions.
    The European Physical Journal Special Topics 224, 1041-1060 (2015) - click!
    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.

    59. 2014

  59. Large, non-saturating magnetoresistance in WTe2.
    Nature 514, 205-208 (2014) - click!
    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.
    arXiv version
  60. Paramagnetic to ferromagnetic phase transition in lightly Fe-doped Cr2B.
    Physical Review B 89, 224417 (2014) - click!
    Schoop L.M., Hirschberger M., Tao J., Felser C., Ong N.P., and Cava R.J.
    arXiv version (not updated after publication)

    61. 2013

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

    62. 2012

  62. Ferrimagnetism in Fe-rich NbFe2.
    Physical Review B 85, 115137 (2012) - click!
    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

FY2026-27
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)
アシンメトリ量子

FY2026-27
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)
相関設計

FY2024-27
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
国立研究開発法人 科学技術振興機構
次世代のためのASPIRE (Adopting Sustainable Partnerships for Innovative Research Ecosystem) (先端国際共同研究推進事業)
Japanese website of JST ASPIRE
English website of JST ASPIRE

FY2023-29
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
国立研究開発法人 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




Farewell dinner for graduates, February 2026



BBQ with Prof. Ishizaka's lab in Toyosu, October 2025



Mr. Yuki Tanaka (M1) with 35 Tesla high-field magnet in Tallahassee (Florida, USA), August 2025



Bachelor thesis award for Mr. Tanaka and Master thesis award for Mr. Nakano, March 2025



Members of Hirschberger lab and of Tokura lab went on a ski trip, February 2025



Farewell party for Dr. Mokhtari, February 2025



Farewell party for Dr. Esser, October 2024



Sakura in Ueno park with current and former members, April 2024



Mr. Terakawa and Dr. Baral in a profound discussion, at our welcome party for B4 students, April 2024



At Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society with Mr. Nakano (M1) and Mr. Misawa (B4), Berlin, March 2024



Mr. Misawa (B4) receiving award for "Excellent Bachelor Thesis" from Chairman Prof. T. Kimura (March 2024, Department of Applied Physics)



Our lab's bōnenkai (year-end party), December 2023



On Mount Mito with Tokura & Hirschberger labs, October 2023



Welcome barbecue for B4 students in May 2023



Our lab's group picture in May 2023



Our lab in March 2023 (Sakura at Ueno Park)



Mr. Yamaguchi (B4) receiving award for "Excellent Bachelor Thesis" from Chairman Prof. Yoshihiro Iwasa (March 2023, Department of Applied Physics)



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



Our lab in February 2023 (after B4 thesis presentation)



Our lab in October 2022 (on Mount Mitake)



Our lab in December 2022



Our lab in September 2022



Our lab's first group picture in May 2022