Triplet-Superconductivity in Triple-Band Crossings
arXiv:1909.04015 · doi:10.1038/s42005-022-00992-2
Abstract
Multi-band superconductivity in topological semimetals are the paradigms of unconventional superconductors. Their exotic gap structures and topological properties have fascinated searching for material realizations and applications. In this paper, we focus on triple point fermions, a new type of band crossings, and we claim that their superconductivity uniquely stabilizes spin-triplet pairing. Unlike conventional superconductors and other multi band superconductors, such triplet superconductivity is the novel phenomena of triple point fermions where the spin-singlet pairing is strictly forbidden in the on-site interaction due to the Fermi statistics. We find that two distinct triplet superconductors, characterized by the presence and absence of time-reversal symmetry, are allowed which in principle can be controlled by tuning the chemical potential. For the triplet superconductor with time-reversal symmetry, we show that topologically protected nodal lines are realized. In contrast, for time-reversal broken case, the complication of topologically protected Bogoliubov Fermi surfaces emerges. Our theoretical study provides a new guidance for searching triplet superconductivities and their exotic implications.
7 pages, 3 figures
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