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Topological Superconductivity in Twisted Multilayer Graphene

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2018-08-30 v2 Superconductivity

Abstract

We study a minimal Hubbard model for electronically driven superconductivity in a correlated flat mini-band resulting from the superlattice modulation of a twisted graphene multilayer. The valley degree of freedom drastically modifies the nature of thepreferred pairing states, favoring spin triplet d+idd+id order with a valley singlet structure. We identify two candidates in this class, which are both topological superconductors. These states support half-vortices carrying half the usual superconducting flux quantum hc/(4e)hc/(4e), and have topologically protected gapless edge states.

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@article{arxiv.1803.08057,
  title  = {Topological Superconductivity in Twisted Multilayer Graphene},
  author = {Cenke Xu and Leon Balents},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.08057},
  year   = {2018}
}

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5 pages 2 figures

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