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Quantum Geometric Kohn-Luttinger Superconductivity

Superconductivity 2025-05-01 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Coulomb repulsion can, counterintuitively, mediate Cooper pairing via the Kohn-Luttinger mechanism. However, it is commonly believed that observability of the effect requires special circumstances -- e.g., vicinity of the Fermi level to van Hove singularities, significant lattice-induced band distortions, or non-trivial Fermi surface topologies. Here we establish that quantum geometric properties of the constituent electrons can dramatically promote pairing from repulsion via dependence of screening on the quantum metric. We demonstrate quantum-geometry-enhanced superconductivity in two microscopic models with tunable quantum geometry, highlighting the crucial roles of quantum metric anisotropy and inhomogeneity. Our analysis provides an experimentally accessible figure of merit for the importance of quantum geometry to inducing unconventional superconductivity, indicating its relevance to graphene multilayers.

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@article{arxiv.2411.05071,
  title  = {Quantum Geometric Kohn-Luttinger Superconductivity},
  author = {Gal Shavit and Jason Alicea},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.05071},
  year   = {2025}
}

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