Theory of superconductivity with non-Hermitian and parity-time reversal symmetric cooper pairing symmetry

Abstract

Recently developed parity (P) and time-reversal (T) symmetric non-Hermitian systems govern a rich variety of new and characteristically distinct physical properties, which may or may not have a direct analog in their Hermitian counterparts. We study here a non-Hermitian, PT-symmetric superconducting Hamiltonian that possesses real quasiparticle spectrum in the PT-region of the Brillouin zone. Within a single-band mean-field theory, we find that real quasiparticle energies are possible when the superconducting order parameter itself is either Hermitian or anti-Hermitian. Within the corresponding Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory, we find that several properties are characteristically distinct and novel in the non-Hermitian pairing case than its Hermitian counterpart. One of our significant findings is that while a Hermitian superconductor gives a second order phase transition, the non-Hermitian one produces a robust first order phase transition. The corresponding thermodynamic properties, and the Meissner effect are also modified accordingly. Finally, we discuss how such a PT-symmetric pairings can emerge from an anti-symmetric potential, such as the Dzyloshinskii-Moria interaction, but with an external external bath, or complex potential, among others.

15 pages including appendices (2 columns), (v2): Hermitian pairing solution of the DM interaction is added; and conditions for obtaining non-Hermitian pairings are further delineated

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