Quantum critical point in the superconducting transition on the surface of topological insulator

Abstract

Pairing in the Weyl semi - metal appearing on the surface of topological insulator is considered. It is shown that due to an "ultra-relativistic" dispersion relation there is a quantum critical point governing the zero temperature transition to a superconducting state. Starting from the microscopic Hamiltonian with local attraction, we calculated using the Gor'kov equations, the phase diagram of the superconducting transition at arbitrary chemical potential, its magnetic properties and critical exponents close to the quantum critical point. The Ginzburg - Landau effective theory is derived for small chemical potential allowing to consider effects of spatial dependence of order parameters in magnetic field. The GL equations are very different from the conventional ones reflecting the chiral universality class of the quantum phase transition. The order parameter distribution of a single vortex is found to be different as well. The magnetization near the upper critical field is found to be quadratic, not linear as usual. We discuss the application of these results to recent experiments in which surface superconductivity was found that some 3D topological insulators and estimate feasibility of the phonon pairing.

11 pages, 6 figures

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