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Microscopic theory of pair density waves in spin-orbit coupled Kondo lattice

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2025-07-24 v2 Superconductivity

Abstract

We demonstrate that the discommensuration between the Fermi surfaces of a conduction sea and an underlying spin liquid provides a natural mechanism for the spontaneous formation of pair density waves. Using a recent formulation of the Kondo lattice model which incorporates a Yao Lee spin liquid proposed by the authors, we demonstrate that doping away from half-filling induces finite-momentum electron-Majorana pair condensation, resulting in amplitude-modulated PDWs. Our approach provides a precise, analytically tractable pathway for understanding the spontaneous formation of PDWs in higher dimensions and offers a natural mechanism for PDW formation in the absence of a Zeeman field.

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@article{arxiv.2412.20647,
  title  = {Microscopic theory of pair density waves in spin-orbit coupled Kondo lattice},
  author = {Aaditya Panigrahi and Alexei Tsvelik and Piers Coleman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.20647},
  year   = {2025}
}