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Efficient method to compute $\mathbb{Z}_4$-indices with glide symmetry and applications to M\"obius materials, $\mathrm{CeNiSn}$ and $\mathrm{UCoGe}$

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2019-06-17 v2 Materials Science Superconductivity

Abstract

We propose an efficient method to numerically evaluate Z4\mathbb{Z}_4-indices of M\"obius/hourglass topological phases with glide symmetry. Our method directly provides Z4\mathbb{Z}_4-indices in the lattice Brillouin zone while the existing method requires careful observations of momentum dependent Wannier charge centers. As applications, we perform systematic computation of Z4\mathbb{Z}_4-indices for M\"obius materials, CeNiSn\mathrm{CeNiSn} and UCoGe\mathrm{UCoGe}. In particular, our analysis elucidates that UCoGe\mathrm{UCoGe} shows strong M\"obius superconductivity for the AuA_u- or B3uB_{3u}-representation whose topology has not been fully characterized. Furthermore, obtained phase diagrams reveal novel topological gapless excitations in the bulk which are protected by nonsymmorphic glide symmetry. We observe these gapless excitations with glide symmetry by doping holes into the superconducting phase of the B1uB_{1u}- or B3uB_{3u}-representation.

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@article{arxiv.1810.10841,
  title  = {Efficient method to compute $\mathbb{Z}_4$-indices with glide symmetry and applications to M\"obius materials, $\mathrm{CeNiSn}$ and $\mathrm{UCoGe}$},
  author = {Tsuneya Yoshida and Akito Daido and Norio Kawakami and Youichi Yanase},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.10841},
  year   = {2019}
}

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20 pages, 7 figures, published version