Superconductivity in W3Re2C with chiral structure

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Main Authors: Yang, Lei, Jiang, Jing, He, Hui-Hui, Ma, Ying, Liu, Kai, Zhang, Xiao, Lei, Hechang
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author Yang, Lei
Jiang, Jing
He, Hui-Hui
Ma, Ying
Liu, Kai
Zhang, Xiao
Lei, Hechang
author_facet Yang, Lei
Jiang, Jing
He, Hui-Hui
Ma, Ying
Liu, Kai
Zhang, Xiao
Lei, Hechang
contents We discover superconductivity in cubic W3Re2C with chiral structure and the superconducting transition temperature Tc is about 6.2 K. Detailed characterizations and analysis indicate that W3Re2C is a bulk type-II BCS superconductor with full isotropic gap. Moreover, first-principles calculations indicate that the electron-phonon coupling primarily arises from interactions between W/Re 5d electronic states and their low-frequency phonons. Furthermore, the breaking of inversion symmetry in W3Re2C facilitates the emergence of Weyl points in the electronic structure. Therefore, W3Re2C can serve as a promising platform for investigating the influences of chiral structure on both superconductivity and band topology.
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spellingShingle Superconductivity in W3Re2C with chiral structure
Yang, Lei
Jiang, Jing
He, Hui-Hui
Ma, Ying
Liu, Kai
Zhang, Xiao
Lei, Hechang
Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We discover superconductivity in cubic W3Re2C with chiral structure and the superconducting transition temperature Tc is about 6.2 K. Detailed characterizations and analysis indicate that W3Re2C is a bulk type-II BCS superconductor with full isotropic gap. Moreover, first-principles calculations indicate that the electron-phonon coupling primarily arises from interactions between W/Re 5d electronic states and their low-frequency phonons. Furthermore, the breaking of inversion symmetry in W3Re2C facilitates the emergence of Weyl points in the electronic structure. Therefore, W3Re2C can serve as a promising platform for investigating the influences of chiral structure on both superconductivity and band topology.
title Superconductivity in W3Re2C with chiral structure
topic Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15078