Nature Physics, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03339-8
Whether imaginary charge density waves and their associated loop currents exist has remained an open question. Now signatures of this state have been observed in kagome metal CsV3Sb5, revealing spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking.
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