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We compute the topological phase diagram of 2D tetragonal superconductors for the only possible nodeless pairing channels compatible with that crystal symmetry. Subject to a Zeeman field and spin-orbit coupling, we demonstrate that these…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-01-24 Santiago Varona , Laura Ortiz , Oscar Viyuela , Miguel Angel Martin-Delgado

The first realization of instabilities in the shear flow between two superfluids is examined. The interface separating the A and B phases of superfluid He-3 is magnetically stabilized. With uniform rotation we create a state with…

Two-dimensional topological field theories possessing a non-abelian current symmetry are constructed. The topological conformal algebra of these models is analysed. It differs from the one obtained by twisting the $N=2$ superconformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 J. M. Isidro , A. V. Ramallo

Topological superconductors possess a nodeless superconducting gap in the bulk and gapless zero energy modes, known as "Majorana zero modes", at the boundary of a finite system. In this work, we introduce a new class of topological…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-01-20 Qing-Ze Wang , Chao-Xing Liu

We consider two-dimensional non-centrosymmetric superconductors, where the order parameter is a mixture of s-wave and p-wave parts, in the presence of an externally induced Zeeman splitting. We derive the conditions under which the system…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-19 Parag Ghosh , Jay D. Sau , Sumanta Tewari , S. Das Sarma

The A and B phases of superfluid 3 He have vector degrees of freedom that reflect their characteristic broken symmetries, respectively chiral and spin-orbit rotation axes. Anisotropic disorder in the superfluid, imbibed in uniformly…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-18 J. W. Scott , D. Park , X. Yuan , W. P. Halperin

We study a time-reversal invariant vortex, namely a spin vortex, in helical superconductors by focusing on its emergent gravitational structure. The topology of the time-reversal invariant vortex is classified by a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ invariant:…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-16 Kazuki Yamamoto , Naoto Kan , Hidenori Fukaya

It is shown theoretically that ferromagnetic superconductors, UGe$_2$, URhGe, and UCoGe can be described in terms of the A-phase like triplet pairing similar to superfluid $^3$He in a unified way, including peculiar reentrant, S-shape, or…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-10 Kazushige Machida

We address the question of whether individual nonmagnetic impurities can induce zero-energy states in time-reversal-invariant topological superconductors, and define a class of symmetries which guarantee the existence of such states for a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-10 Lukas Kimme , Timo Hyart , Bernd Rosenow

We discuss the low-energy dynamics of superfluidity with topological order in $(3+1)$ spacetime dimensions. We generalize a topological $BF$ theory by introducing a non-square $K$ matrix, and this generalized $BF$ theory can describe…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-09-04 Yuji Hirono , Yuya Tanizaki

Superfluid phases of $^3$He discovered in 1972 opened the new area of the application of topological methods to condensed matter systems. Due to the multi-component order parameter which characterizes the broken $SO(3)\times SO(3)\times…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-09-23 G. E. Volovik

Three-dimensional anisotropic turbulence in classical fluids tends towards isotropy and homogeneity with decreasing scales, allowing --eventually-- the abstract model of "isotropic homogeneous turbulence" to be relevant. We show here that…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-04-17 L. Biferale , D. Khomenko , V. L'vov , A. Pomyalov , I. Procaccia , G. Sahoo

Superfluid 3He is an unconventional neutral superfluid in a p-wave state with three different superfluid phases each identified by a unique set of characteristic broken symmetries and non- trivial topology. Despite natural immunity of 3He…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-05-22 W. P. Halperin

We study the quench dynamics of a topological $p$-wave superfluid with two competing order parameters, $\Delta_\pm(t)$. When the system is prepared in the $p+ip$ ground state and the interaction strength is quenched, only $\Delta_+(t)$ is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-09-15 Aidan Zabalo , Emil A. Yuzbashyan

A 3D fermionic topological insulator has a gapless Dirac surface state protected by time-reversal symmetry and charge conservation symmetry. The surface state can be gapped by introducing ferromagnetism to break time-reversal symmetry,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-09-24 Parsa Bonderson , Chetan Nayak , Xiao-Liang Qi

We clarify topology of $^3P_2$ superfluids which are expected to be realized in the inner cores of neutron stars and cubic odd-parity superconductors. $^3P_2$ phases include uniaxial/biaxial nematic phases and nonunitary ferromagnetic and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-04-26 Takeshi Mizushima , Kota Masuda , Muneto Nitta

Topological superfluid $^3$He, with unconventional spin-triplet p-wave pairing, provides a model system for topological superconductors, which have attracted significant interest through potential applications in topologically protected…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-05-11 P. J. Heikkinen , A. Casey , L. V. Levitin , X. Rojas , A. Vorontsov , P. Sharma , N. Zhelev , J. M. Parpia , J. Saunders

We report intimate relations between topological properties of full gapped spin-triplet superconductors with time-reversal invariance and the Fermi surface topology in the normal states. An efficient method to calculate the Z2 invariants…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-06-26 Masatoshi Sato

A key manifestation of superfluidity in liquids and gases is a reduction of the moment of inertia under slow rotations. Non-classical rotational effects have been searched for a long time also for the elusive supersolid phase of matter, in…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2021-03-15 L. Tanzi , J. G. Maloberti , G. Biagioni , A. Fioretti , C. Gabbanini , G. Modugno

Periodic Hamiltonians on a three-dimensional (3-D) lattice with a spectral gap not only on the bulk but also on two edges at the common Fermi level are considered. By using K-theory applied for the quarter-plane Toeplitz extension, two…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-10-18 Shin Hayashi