Superconducting Gap Structures in Wallpaper Fermion Systems
Abstract
We theoretically investigate the superconducting gap structures in wallpaper fermions, which are surface states of topological nonsymmorphic crystalline insulators, based on a two-dimensional effective model. A symmetry analysis identifies six types of momentum-independent pair potentials. One hosts a point node, two host line nodes, and the remaining three are fully gapped. By classifying the Bogoliubov--de Gennes Hamiltonian in the zero-dimensional symmetry class, we show that the point and line nodes are protected by topological invariants. In addition, for the twofold-rotation-odd pair potential, nodes appear on the glide-invariant line and are protected by crystalline symmetries, as clarified by the Mackey--Bradley theorem.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2509.25823,
title = {Superconducting Gap Structures in Wallpaper Fermion Systems},
author = {Kaito Yoda and Ai Yamakage},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.25823},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
17 pages, 8 figures, proceedings of LT30