Correlation-induced Fermi surface evolution and topological crystalline superconductivity in CeRh2As2

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Hauptverfasser: Ishizuka, Jun, Nogaki, Kosuke, Sigrist, Manfred, Yanase, Youichi
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author Ishizuka, Jun
Nogaki, Kosuke
Sigrist, Manfred
Yanase, Youichi
author_facet Ishizuka, Jun
Nogaki, Kosuke
Sigrist, Manfred
Yanase, Youichi
contents Locally noncentrosymmetric structures in crystals are attracting much attention owing to emergent phenomena associated with the sublattice degree of freedom. The newly discovered heavy fermion superconductor CeRh$_2$As$_2$ is considered to be an excellent realization of this class. Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy experiments recently observed low-energy spectra of electron and hole bands and characteristic Van Hove singularities, stimulating us to explore the electronic correlation effect on the band structure. In this Letter, we theoretically study the electronic state and topological superconductivity from first principles. Owing to the Coulomb repulsion $U$ of Ce 4$f$ electrons, the low-energy band structure is modified in accordance with the experimental result. We show that Fermi surfaces change significantly from a complicated three-dimensional structure to a simple two-dimensional one. Fermi surface formulas for one-dimensional $\mathbb{Z}_2$ invariants in class D indicate topological crystalline superconductivity protected by the glide symmetry in a broad region for $U$. The classification of superconducting gap structure reveals topologically protected excitation gap and node. Our findings of the correlation-induced evolution of electronic structure provide a basis to clarify the unusual phase diagram of CeRh$_2$As$_2$ including superconductivity, magnetic order, and quadrupole density wave, and accelerate the search for topological superconductivity in strongly correlated electron systems.
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spellingShingle Correlation-induced Fermi surface evolution and topological crystalline superconductivity in CeRh2As2
Ishizuka, Jun
Nogaki, Kosuke
Sigrist, Manfred
Yanase, Youichi
Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Locally noncentrosymmetric structures in crystals are attracting much attention owing to emergent phenomena associated with the sublattice degree of freedom. The newly discovered heavy fermion superconductor CeRh$_2$As$_2$ is considered to be an excellent realization of this class. Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy experiments recently observed low-energy spectra of electron and hole bands and characteristic Van Hove singularities, stimulating us to explore the electronic correlation effect on the band structure. In this Letter, we theoretically study the electronic state and topological superconductivity from first principles. Owing to the Coulomb repulsion $U$ of Ce 4$f$ electrons, the low-energy band structure is modified in accordance with the experimental result. We show that Fermi surfaces change significantly from a complicated three-dimensional structure to a simple two-dimensional one. Fermi surface formulas for one-dimensional $\mathbb{Z}_2$ invariants in class D indicate topological crystalline superconductivity protected by the glide symmetry in a broad region for $U$. The classification of superconducting gap structure reveals topologically protected excitation gap and node. Our findings of the correlation-induced evolution of electronic structure provide a basis to clarify the unusual phase diagram of CeRh$_2$As$_2$ including superconductivity, magnetic order, and quadrupole density wave, and accelerate the search for topological superconductivity in strongly correlated electron systems.
title Correlation-induced Fermi surface evolution and topological crystalline superconductivity in CeRh2As2
topic Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.00324