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Novel type of atomic-scale spin lattice at a surface and its emergent Hall effect

We predict the occurrence of a novel type of atomic-scale spin lattice in an Fe monolayer on the Ir(001) surface. Based on density functional theory calculations we parametrize a spin Hamiltonian and solve it numerically using Monte-Carlo simulations. We find the stabilization of a three-dimensional spin structure arranged on a 3x3 lattice. Despite an almost vanishing total magnetization we predict the emergence of a large anomalous Hall effect, to which there is a significant topological contribution purely due to the real space spin texture at the surface.