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Topological Charge-2ne Superconductors

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2026-02-05 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Superconductivity High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Charge-4e4e superconductors are phases where quartets of electrons condense in the absence of Cooper pairing condensation. They exhibit distinctive signatures including fractional flux quantization and anomalous Josephson effects, and are actively being explored in strongly correlated systems, such as moir\'e materials. In this work we develop a general framework for topological charge-2ne2ne superconductors based on both wavefunction and field theory approaches. In particular, we generate topological charge-2ne2ne superconductors from charge-2e2e ingredients, and by breaking the charge U(1)U(1) symmetry in certain classes of quantum Hall states, in both spinless and spinful systems. Via bulk-edge correspondence, we further construct the corresponding edge conformal field theory and bulk topological quantum field theory for topological charge-2ne2ne superconductors that suggests fermionic nonabelian topological orders. Our results provide a unified low-energy description of the topological charge-2ne2ne superconductivity, offer a concrete platform for studying symmetry breaking and enrichment in interacting topological phases of matter, and have direct implications for experimental probes such as quasiparticle interferometry.

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@article{arxiv.2512.21325,
  title  = {Topological Charge-2ne Superconductors},
  author = {Zhi-Qiang Gao and Yan-Qi Wang and Hui Yang and Congjun Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.21325},
  year   = {2026}
}

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4.5+5.5 pages, 1+0 figures

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