New types of topological superconductors under local magnetic symmetries

Abstract

We classify gapped topological superconducting (TSC) phases of one-dimensional quantum wires with local magnetic symmetries (LMSs), in which the time-reversal symmetry $\mathcal{T}$ is broken but its combinations with certain crystalline symmetry such as $M_x\mathcal{T}$, $C_{2z}\mathcal{T}$, $C_{4z}\mathcal{T}$, and $C_{6z}\mathcal{T}$ are preserved. Our results demonstrate that an equivalent BDI class TSC can be realized in the $M_x\mathcal{T}$ or $C_{2z}\mathcal{T}$ superconducting wire, which is characterized by a chiral $Z^c$ invariant. More interestingly, we also find two types of totally new TSC phases in the $C_{4z}\mathcal{T}$, and $C_{6z}\mathcal{T}$ superconducing wires, which are beyond the known AZ class, and are characterized by a helical $Z^h$ invariant and $Z^h\oplus Z^c$ invariants, respectively. In the $Z^h$ TSC phase, $Z$-pairs of MZMs are protected at each end. In the $C_{6z}\mathcal{T}$ case, the MZMs can be either chiral or helical, and even helical-chiral coexisting. The minimal models preserving $C_{4z}\mathcal{T}$ or $C_{6z}\mathcal{T}$ symmetry are presented to illustrate their novel TSC properties and MZMs.

5 pages, 3 figures

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