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M\"obius topological superconductivity in UPt$_3$

Superconductivity 2017-06-30 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Intensive studies for more than three decades have elucidated multiple superconducting phases and odd-parity Cooper pairs in a heavy fermion superconductor UPt3_3. We identify a time-reversal invariant superconducting phase of UPt3_3 as a recently proposed topological nonsymmorphic superconductivity. Combining the band structure of UPt3_3, order parameter of E2uE_{\rm 2u} representation allowed by P63/mmcP6_3/mmc space group symmetry, and topological classification by KK-theory, we demonstrate the nontrivial Z2Z_2-invariant of three-dimensional DIII class enriched by glide symmetry. Correspondingly, double Majorana cone surface states appear at the surface Brillouin zone boundary. Furthermore, we show a variety of surface states and clarify the topological protection by crystal symmetry. Majorana arcs corresponding to tunable Weyl points appear in the time-reversal symmetry broken B-phase. Majorana cone protected by mirror Chern number and Majorana flat band by glide-winding number are also revealed.

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@article{arxiv.1706.09614,
  title  = {M\"obius topological superconductivity in UPt$_3$},
  author = {Youichi Yanase and Ken Shiozaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.09614},
  year   = {2017}
}

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21 pages, 13 figures, 6 tables

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