Effective model and Magnetic Properties of the Resistive Electron Quadrupling State

Abstract

Recent experiments [V.~Grinenko {\it et al.} {Nat. Phys. {\bf 17}, 1254 (2021)}; \url{http://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-021-01350-9}] reported the observation of a condensate of four-fermion composites. This is a resistive state that spontaneously breaks the time-reversal symmetry, leading to unconventional magnetic properties, detected in muon spin rotation experiments and by the appearance of a spontaneous Nernst effect. In this work, we derive an effective model for the four-fermion order parameter that describes the observed spontaneous magnetic fields in this state. We show that this model, which is alike to the Faddeev-Skyrme model can host skyrmions: magnetic-flux-carrying topological excitations.

arXiv comment17 pages, 6 figures; Additional results

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