Topological Superconductivity in Multifold Fermion Metals
arXiv:2012.11287 · doi:10.1007/s44214-022-00001-1
Abstract
Recently, multifold fermions characterized by band crossings with multifold degeneracy and Fermi surfaces with nontrivial Chern numbers have been discovered experimentally in AlPt[arXiv:1812.03310] and XSi(X=Rh,Co)[arXiv:1812.04466][arXiv:1901.03358][arXiv:1809.01312]. In this work, we largely expand the family of multifold fermion materials by pointing out that several well-studied noncentrosymmetric superconductors are indeed multifold fermion metals. Importantly, their normal state topological properties, which have been ignored in previous studies, play an important role in the superconducting properties. Taking LiPdB and LiPtB as examples, we found a large number of unconventional degenerate points, such as double spin-1, spin-3/2, Weyl and double Weyl topological band crossing points near the Fermi energy, which result in finite Chern numbers on Fermi surfaces. Long Fermi arc states in LiPdB, originating from the nontrivial band topology were found. Importantly, it has been shown experimentally that LiPdB and LiPtB are fully gapped and gapless superconductors, respectively. By analyzing the possible pairing symmetries, we suggest that LiPdB can be a DIII class topological superconductor with Majorana surface states, even though the spin-orbit coupling in LiPdB is negligible. Interestingly, LiPtB, being gapless, is likely to be a nodal topological superconductor with dispersionless surface Majorana modes. We further identified that several noncentrosymmetric superconductors, such as MoAlC, PdBiSe, YC and LaC, are multifold fermion superconductors whose normal state topological properties have been ignored in previous experimental and theoretical studies.
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