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Lifshitz transition enhanced triplet $p_z$-wave superconductivity in hydrogen doped KCr$_3$As$_3$

Superconductivity 2022-04-27 v2

Abstract

The recently synthesized air-insensitive hydrogen doped KCr3_3As3_3 superconductor has aroused great research interests. This material has, for the first time in the research area of the quasi-one-dimensional Cr-based superconductivity (SC), realized a tunability through charge doping, which will potentially significantly push the development of this area. Here based on the band structure from first-principle calculations, we construct a six-band tight-binding (TB) model equipped with multi-orbital Hubbard interactions, and adopt the random-phase-approximation approach to study the hydrogen-doping dependence of the pairing symmetry and superconducting TcT_c. Under the rigid-band approximation, our pairing phase diagram is occupied by the triplet pzp_z-wave pairing through out the hydrogen-doping regime x(0.4,1)x\in (0.4,1) in which SC has been experimentally detected. Remarkably, the xx-dependence of TcT_c shows a peak at the 3D-quasi-1D Lifshitz transition point, although the total density of state exhibit a dip there. A thorough investigation of the band structure reveals type-II van-Hove singularities (VHSs) in the γ\gamma band, which favor the formation of the triplet SC. It turns out that the γ\gamma- Fermi surface (FS) comprises two flat quasi-1D FS sheets almost parallel to the kz=0k_z=0 plane and six almost perpendicular tube-like FS sheets, and the type-II VHS just lies in the boundary between these two FS parts. Furthermore, the kz\left|k_z\right| of the VH planes reaches the maximum near the Lifshitz-transition point, which pushes the TcT_c of the pzp_z-wave SC to the maximum. Our results appeal more experimental access into this intriguing superconductor.

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@article{arxiv.2111.14367,
  title  = {Lifshitz transition enhanced triplet $p_z$-wave superconductivity in hydrogen doped KCr$_3$As$_3$},
  author = {Ming Zhang and Juan-Juan Hao and Xianxin Wu and Fan Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.14367},
  year   = {2022}
}

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11 pages, 6 figures, accepted version by Phys. Rev. B