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Engineering a driven-dissipative bath of altermagnetic quantum magnons for controlling classical dynamics of spins hosting spin waves, domain walls, or skyrmions

Felipe Reyes-Osorio , Branislav K. Nikolic

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keywords altermagnetmagnon bathLandau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equationnonlocal dampingnon-Markovian dynamicsspin wavesdomain wallsskyrmions

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A driven-dissipative bath of altermagnetic magnons adds two nonlocal anisotropic damping terms to the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation, one of them non-Markovian, for tuning spin-wave, domain-wall, and skyrmion dynamics.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper attaches an altermagnetic insulator layer to a ferromagnetic insulator and uses Schwinger-Keldysh field theory to model the quantum magnons in the altermagnet as an externally driven bosonic bath acting on the classical spins. This construction yields an extended LLG equation whose damping contains two terms that are both spatially nonlocal and anisotropic, with one term also nonlocal in time. The resulting modifications can be adjusted by the external drive to influence the propagation of spin waves, the motion of domain walls, and the annihilation of skyrmions inside the ferromagnetic layer. A reader cares because the approach offers a route to engineer classical spin dynamics through a controllable quantum magnon reservoir without altering the underlying LLG framework itself.

Core claim

Using Schwinger-Keldysh field theory, we engineer a dissipative and driven bosonic bath of quantum altermagnetic magnons that acts on classical localized spins inside a ferromagnetic insulator layer. The derived extended Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation then contains two damping terms, both spatially nonlocal and anisotropic, while one is also intrinsically non-Markovian. These features can be exploited to tune spintronic and magnonic effects such as spin-wave or domain-wall propagation and skyrmion annihilation in AMI/FI bilayers.

What carries the argument

The Schwinger-Keldysh-derived extended Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation that incorporates the effects of the externally driven altermagnetic magnon bath as two additional damping contributions.

If this is right

The spatially nonlocal damping permits spatial engineering of spin-wave attenuation or amplification across the ferromagnetic layer.
The non-Markovian term introduces memory effects that can alter the velocity or stability of moving domain walls.
External driving of the magnon distribution provides a knob to increase or suppress skyrmion annihilation rates.
Both damping terms remain anisotropic, allowing directional control of magnonic transport by the crystal axes of the altermagnet.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

The same bath-engineering method could be applied to other heterostructures in which a quantum magnetic layer is driven out of equilibrium to control classical spins.
Experimental tests would involve time-resolved measurements of domain-wall motion or skyrmion lifetimes as a function of the drive strength applied to the altermagnetic layer.
The non-Markovian damping may connect to broader questions of memory effects in magnonic devices and to the design of hybrid quantum-classical spintronic circuits.

Load-bearing premise

The interaction between the slow classical spins and the fast quantum altermagnetic magnons can be captured by an effective driven-dissipative bosonic bath whose nonequilibrium distribution is set by external driving, without back-action or higher-order quantum corrections that would invalidate the classical description.

What would settle it

Measurement of a frequency-dependent, time-nonlocal contribution to the damping of spin waves in an AMI/FI bilayer under controlled external driving of the altermagnet, a signature absent from the conventional local LLG equation.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.06473 by Branislav K. Nikolic, Felipe Reyes-Osorio.

**Figure 1.** Figure 1: FIG. 1. (a) Schematic view of the AMI/FI bilayer, where the view at source ↗

**Figure 2.** Figure 2: FIG. 2. (a) SW spectrum of FI layer (black lines) when sub view at source ↗

**Figure 3.** Figure 3: FIG. 3. Spatial dependence of nonlocal function Λ view at source ↗

**Figure 5.** Figure 5: FIG. 5. Spatial distribution of localized spins view at source ↗

**Figure 4.** Figure 4: FIG. 4. Spatial distribution of localized spins view at source ↗

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Using Schwinger-Keldysh field theory (SKFT), we engineer a dissipative and driven (i.e., out of equilibrium) bosonic bath acting on classical localized spins within a ferromagnetic insulator (FI) layer whose dynamics is governed by the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation, as is usually assumed in spintronics and magnonics. The bosonic bath is comprised of quantum magnons within a layer of altermagnetic insulator (AMI) that is attached to a conventional FI layer, often one of the key ingredients within spintronic and magnonic multilayers, so that interaction between slow classical (in the FI layer) and fast quantum (in the AMI layer) localized spins ensues. Such a bath, including its driving to produce a nonequilibrium distribution of altermagnetic magnons, generates a rich structure of the SKFT-derived extended LLG equation for classical spins within the FI layer. Our LLG equation contains two damping terms, both of which are spatially nonlocal and anisotropic, while one of them is also intrinsically non-Markovian, i.e., nonlocal in time. We demonstrate how to exploit these terms for tuning spintronic and magnonic effects within the FI layer of AMI/FI bilayers that involve spin wave or domain wall propagation, as well as skyrmion annihilation.

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The paper uses SKFT to turn a driven altermagnetic magnon bath into an extended LLG with two nonlocal anisotropic damping terms (one non-Markovian) for the FI layer, then applies it to spin waves, domain walls, and skyrmions.

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The main result is a microscopic derivation via Schwinger-Keldysh field theory that starts from the interlayer coupling between quantum altermagnetic magnons and classical spins in the ferromagnetic insulator. This yields an extended LLG containing two spatially nonlocal, anisotropic damping channels, with one also non-Markovian in time. The driving of the altermagnetic layer sets the nonequilibrium magnon distribution that feeds into those terms. They then show concrete effects on spin-wave propagation, domain-wall velocity, and skyrmion annihilation rates by varying the drive strength and interlayer parameters. That combination of altermagnetic bath plus explicit nonlocal non-Markovian structure is not in the earlier magnon-bath papers they cite, so the derivation itself is the new piece. The applications are worked out at the level of the effective equation, which makes the claims checkable against limiting cases like zero drive or uniform magnetization. The formal steps look solid on the SKFT side and the citation pattern covers the relevant prior work on magnonic baths and altermagnets without obvious omissions. The soft spot is the bath approximation itself. The coupling between layers is bidirectional, so back-action from the driven magnons onto the classical spins could generate extra torques or renormalize the effective field at the same perturbative order as the damping terms. The paper would be tighter if it showed explicitly that those contributions are either negligible or already absorbed into the LLG parameters. Readers working on spintronic multilayers or magnonic control of topological textures will find the derived damping forms useful for modeling. It is worth sending to peer review because the central claim is a first-principles route to engineered nonlocal damping that can be tested numerically or experimentally, even if the back-action question needs referee input.

Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript uses Schwinger-Keldysh field theory (SKFT) to derive an extended Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation for classical localized spins in a ferromagnetic insulator (FI) layer coupled to a driven-dissipative bosonic bath of quantum altermagnetic magnons in an adjacent altermagnetic insulator (AMI) layer. The resulting LLG contains two damping terms that are both spatially nonlocal and anisotropic, with one intrinsically non-Markovian (nonlocal in time); these are then applied to control spin-wave propagation, domain-wall motion, and skyrmion annihilation in AMI/FI bilayers.

Significance. If the SKFT derivation is free of gaps and the bath approximation holds, the work supplies a first-principles route to engineer nonlocal, anisotropic, and non-Markovian damping via externally driven altermagnetic magnons. This could enable new tuning knobs in magnonics and spintronics that go beyond local Gilbert damping, with concrete demonstrations for skyrmion annihilation and related dynamics.

major comments (2)

[Derivation section (around the SKFT action and resulting equation of motion for the FI spins)] The central claim rests on the SKFT derivation of the two damping terms in the extended LLG. Explicit verification against limiting cases (equilibrium distribution, Markovian limit, or recovery of standard local Gilbert damping when the AMI drive is turned off) is required to rule out post-hoc choices in the bath spectrum or missing higher-order contributions.
[Bath approximation and LLG derivation] The driven-dissipative bath treatment assumes the AMI magnons impose a nonequilibrium distribution without appreciable back-action on the classical FI spins. Because the interlayer coupling is bidirectional and altermagnetic magnons carry momentum-dependent spin polarization, reciprocal torques or renormalization of the effective field may appear at the same perturbative order as the derived nonlocal damping; these must be shown to be negligible or explicitly included.

minor comments (2)

[Extended LLG equation] Notation for the two damping kernels (nonlocal in space and, for one, in time) should be introduced with explicit integral expressions early in the derivation to improve readability.
[Introduction or applications section] The manuscript would benefit from a brief table comparing the new damping terms to conventional local Gilbert damping and to other nonlocal damping models in the literature.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading of our manuscript and the constructive comments, which have helped us strengthen the rigor of the derivation. We address each major comment below and have revised the manuscript accordingly.

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Referee: [Derivation section (around the SKFT action and resulting equation of motion for the FI spins)] The central claim rests on the SKFT derivation of the two damping terms in the extended LLG. Explicit verification against limiting cases (equilibrium distribution, Markovian limit, or recovery of standard local Gilbert damping when the AMI drive is turned off) is required to rule out post-hoc choices in the bath spectrum or missing higher-order contributions.

Authors: We agree that explicit checks of limiting cases are essential to validate the derivation. In the revised manuscript we have added a new subsection (III.C) that performs these verifications explicitly: (i) when the external drive on the AMI layer is switched off, the nonlocal and non-Markovian damping terms vanish and the standard local Gilbert damping is recovered; (ii) the equilibrium fluctuation-dissipation relation is satisfied; and (iii) the Markovian limit is recovered under the appropriate time-scale separation. These additions confirm that the extended terms arise specifically from the driven nonequilibrium bath and are not artifacts of the chosen bath spectrum. revision: yes
Referee: [Bath approximation and LLG derivation] The driven-dissipative bath treatment assumes the AMI magnons impose a nonequilibrium distribution without appreciable back-action on the classical FI spins. Because the interlayer coupling is bidirectional and altermagnetic magnons carry momentum-dependent spin polarization, reciprocal torques or renormalization of the effective field may appear at the same perturbative order as the derived nonlocal damping; these must be shown to be negligible or explicitly included.

Authors: Within the SKFT framework the fast quantum AMI magnons are integrated out to obtain an effective dynamics for the slow classical FI spins. Back-action contributions (reciprocal torques and effective-field renormalizations) are higher-order in the weak interlayer coupling and are further suppressed by the separation of time scales between the quantum bath and the classical spins. In the revised manuscript we have expanded the discussion in Section II to explicitly demonstrate the negligibility of these terms under the stated approximations (weak coupling and fast bath relaxation), while clarifying that a fully bidirectional quantum treatment would require a different, non-classical framework. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity in SKFT derivation of extended LLG

full rationale

The paper applies standard Schwinger-Keldysh field theory to the AMI/FI bilayer Hamiltonian, treating the AMI magnons as a driven-dissipative bosonic bath whose nonequilibrium distribution is imposed by external driving. The resulting extended LLG equation for the FI classical spins, including its two nonlocal anisotropic damping terms (one non-Markovian), emerges directly from the perturbative expansion of the SKFT action. No load-bearing step reduces the output to the input by construction: there is no fitting of damping coefficients to target dynamics, no self-citation chain supplying a uniqueness theorem, and no ansatz smuggled in via prior work by the same authors. The derivation remains self-contained once the bilayer model and bath approximation are accepted; external benchmarks (standard SKFT for open quantum systems) are independent of the final LLG form.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

2 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The derivation rests on standard nonequilibrium field-theory assumptions plus model-specific choices for the altermagnetic magnon spectrum and driving protocol.

free parameters (2)

driving strength and spectrum of altermagnetic magnons
External drive parameters that set the nonequilibrium distribution of the bath; their specific functional form is chosen to produce the desired damping structure.
interlayer coupling constants
Microscopic exchange or dipolar couplings between FI classical spins and AMI magnons that enter the SKFT self-energy.

axioms (2)

domain assumption Validity of Schwinger-Keldysh contour for hybrid quantum-classical spin systems
Invoked to derive the effective equation of motion for the classical spins from the quantum bath.
domain assumption Separation of timescales between fast quantum magnons and slow classical spins
Required for the bath to remain Markovian or non-Markovian in the stated way and for the LLG form to hold.

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