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Topological Ising superconductivity in two-dimensional p-wave magnet

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2026-05-05 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Superconductivity

Abstract

Fermi-surface spin splitting generated by non-relativistic exchange fields provides a new route to topological superconductivity without relying on strong spin-orbit coupling. Here, we study superconducting instabilities of a square-lattice pp-wave magnet with onsite and nearest-neighbour attractive interactions. The odd-parity exchange field removes inversion symmetry in the spin-split electronic structure, allowing singlet and triplet order parameters to mix within a single A1A_1 symmetry channel. The leading instability is a coupled s+pxs+p_x Ising state, whose singlet-triplet balance is continuously tunable by the relative strength of the nearest-neighbour attraction. When the triplet gap amplitude exceeds the singlet one, this Ising state undergoes a transition into a nodal topological superconducting phase with Majorana edge modes protected by momentum-resolved winding numbers. These modes extend over finite momentum intervals bounded by the surface projections of bulk point nodes. We further show that a Zeeman field perpendicular to the exchange field can induce a Z2Z_2 topological superconducting phase, even in the regime where a single gap dominates.

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@article{arxiv.2605.01686,
  title  = {Topological Ising superconductivity in two-dimensional p-wave magnet},
  author = {Kyoung-Min Kim and Gibaik Sim and Moon Jip Park},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.01686},
  year   = {2026}
}

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9+9 pages

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