Enhanced Kohn-Luttinger topological superconductivity in bands with nontrivial geometry

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Main Authors: Jahin, Ammar, Lin, Shi-Zeng
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author Jahin, Ammar
Lin, Shi-Zeng
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Lin, Shi-Zeng
contents We study the effect of the electron wavefunction on Kohn-Luttinger superconductivity. The role of the wavefunction is encoded in a complex form factor describing the topology and geometry of the bands. We show that the electron wavefunction significantly impacts the superconducting transition temperature and superconducting order parameter. We illustrate this using the lowest Landau level form factor and find exponential enhancement of Tc for the resulting topological superconductor. We find that the ideal band geometry, which favors a fractional Chern insulator in the flat band limit, has an optimal Tc. Finally, we apply this understanding to a model relevant to rhombohedral graphene multilayers and unravel the importance of the band geometry for achieving robust superconductivity.
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spellingShingle Enhanced Kohn-Luttinger topological superconductivity in bands with nontrivial geometry
Jahin, Ammar
Lin, Shi-Zeng
Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We study the effect of the electron wavefunction on Kohn-Luttinger superconductivity. The role of the wavefunction is encoded in a complex form factor describing the topology and geometry of the bands. We show that the electron wavefunction significantly impacts the superconducting transition temperature and superconducting order parameter. We illustrate this using the lowest Landau level form factor and find exponential enhancement of Tc for the resulting topological superconductor. We find that the ideal band geometry, which favors a fractional Chern insulator in the flat band limit, has an optimal Tc. Finally, we apply this understanding to a model relevant to rhombohedral graphene multilayers and unravel the importance of the band geometry for achieving robust superconductivity.
title Enhanced Kohn-Luttinger topological superconductivity in bands with nontrivial geometry
topic Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.09664