Nature Physics, Published online: 01 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03008-2
The axial Higgs mode is theoretically attributed to a hidden ferroaxial component of charge order. In rare-earth tritellurides, this ferroaxial order is now shown to be induced by intertwined orbital and charge orders.
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