Supersolid phases of a doped valence-bond quantum antiferromagnet: Evidence for a coexisting superconducting order parameter

Abstract

Motivated by numerical evidence of the valence bond groundstate of the two-dimensional Heisenberg pyrochlore lattice, we argue using a $t$-$J$ model that it evolves under doping into novel phases characterized by superconductivity coexisting with the underlying valence-bond solid order. A fermionic mean-field theory supplemented by exact diagonalization results provide strong arguments in favor of the stability of such supersolid phases. The resemblance with modulated superconducting patterns in high-$T_c$ cuprates as well as possible relevance to frustrated noncuprate superconductors such as spinels and pyrochlores is discussed.

4+ pages, 5 figures, minor corrections, version as published

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