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For first-order topological semimetals, non-Hermitian perturbations can drive the Weyl nodes into Weyl exceptional rings having multiple topological structures and no Hermitian counterparts. Recently, it was discovered that higher-order…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-11 Tao Liu , James Jun He , Zhongmin Yang , Franco Nori

We discuss the weak-coupling BCS theory of the heavy fermion superconductor UPt_3, accounting for that system's anisotropic, multisheeted Fermi surface by expanding the order parameter and pair potential in terms of appropriate basis…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Haran , P. J. Hirschfeld , M. Sigrist

We study three dimensional systems where the parent metallic state contains a loop of Weyl or Dirac points. We introduce the minimal $\vec{k} \cdot \vec{p}$ Hamiltonian , and discuss its symmetries. Guided by this symmetry analysis, we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-01-27 Rahul Nandkishore

The quest for materials that simultaneously exhibit superconductivity and nontrivial topology has drawn significant attention in recent years, driven by their potential to host exotic quantum states. Their unique coexistence often leads to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-16 Arafat Rahman , Alamgir Kabir , Tareq Mahmud

I review the principal theories that have been proposed for the superconducting phases of UPt$_3$. The detailed H-T phase diagram places constraints on any theory for the multiple superconducting phases. I comment on the limitations of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-12-27 J. A. Sauls

Based on the first-principles calculations within local density approximation and model analysis, we propose that the iso-structural compounds Cu2SnS3 and Cu2SnSe3 are both the simplest nodal line semimetals with only one nodal line in…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-01-11 Liqin Zhou , Yuting Qian , Changming Yue , Zhong Fang , Wei Zhang , Chen Fang , Hongming Weng

Weyl semimetals are extremely interesting. Although the first Weyl semimetal was recently discovered in TaAs, research progress is still significantly hindered due to the lack of robust and ideal materials candidates. In order to observe…

We study topological phases of time-reversal invariant singlet superconductors in three spatial dimensions. In these particle-hole symmetric systems the topological phases are characterized by an even-numbered winding number $\nu$. At a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-05-15 Andreas P. Schnyder , Shinsei Ryu , Andreas W. W. Ludwig

We reveal how symmetry protected nodal points in topological semimetals may be promoted to pairs of generically stable exceptional points (EPs) by symmetry-breaking fluctuations at the onset of long-range order. This novel route to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-10-09 Lorenzo Crippa , Giorgio Sangiovanni , Jan Carl Budich

How strong correlations and topology interplay is a topic of great current interest. In this perspective paper, we focus on correlation-driven gapless phases. We take the time-reversal symmetric Weyl semimetal as an example because it is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-08-02 Diana M. Kirschbaum , Monika Lužnik , Gwenvredig Le Roy , Silke Paschen

Weyl semimetals host topologically protected surface states, the so-called Fermi arcs, that have a penetration depth into the bulk that depends on surface-momentum, and diverges at the Weyl points. It has recently been observed in PtBi$_2$…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-12 Mattia Trama , Viktor Könye , Ion Cosma Fulga , Jeroen van den Brink

A current flowing through a superconductor induces a spatial modulation in its superconducting order parameter, characterized by a wavevector $Q$ related to the total momentum of a Cooper pair. Here we investigate this phenomenon in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-16 Fabian G. Medina Cuy , Francesco Buccheri , Fabrizio Dolcini

We report on theoretical studies on ferromagnetic superconductors, URhGe, and UCoGe and identifies the pairing state as a non-unitary spin-triplet one, analogous to superfluid $^3$He-A phase. A recently found superconductor UTe$_2$ with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-07-28 Kazushige Machida

We present preliminary measurements of the thermal conductivity of the heavy fermion superconductor UPd$_2$Al$_3$ for the normal and superconducting states at low temperatures. As T$\to$0, the superconducting state is characterized by a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 May Chiao , Benoit Lussier , Brett Ellman , Louis Taillefer

Topological superconductors represent a newly predicted phase of matter that is topologically distinct from conventional superconducting condensates of Cooper pairs. As a manifestation of their topological character, topological…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-04-15 Niv Levy , Tong Zhang , Jeonghoon Ha , Fred Sharifi , A. Alec Talin , Young Kuk , Joseph A. Stroscio

In this work we predict a family of noncentrosymmetric two-dimensional (2D) Weyl semimetals composed by porous Ge and SiGe structures. These systems are energetically stable graphenylene-like structures with a buckling, spontaneously…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-02-06 Emmanuel V. C. Lopes , Rogerio J. Baierle , Roberto H. Miwa , Tome M. Schmidt

Most superconducting materials have an inversion center in their crystal lattices. One of few exceptions is the recently discovered heavy-fermion superconductor CePt3Si [E. Bauer et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 027003 (2004)]. In this paper, we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 K. V. Samokhin , E. S. Zijlstra , S. K. Bose

We investigate topological Cooper pairing, including gapless Weyl and fully gapped class DIII superconductivity, in a three-dimensional doped Luttinger semimetal. The latter describes effective spin-3/2 carriers near a quadratic band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-14 Bitan Roy , Sayed Ali Akbar Ghorashi , Matthew S. Foster , Andriy H. Nevidomskyy

Realizing correlated topological semimetallic phases in bulk transition-metal oxides remains challenging due to rigid lattice symmetry, correlation-induced gap opening, and limited structural tunability. However, complex-oxide thin films…

Moir\'e heterostructures hold the promise to provide platforms to tailor strongly correlated and topological states of matter. Here, we theoretically propose the emergence of an effective, rectangular moir\'e lattice in twisted bilayers of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-07 Yifan Gao , Ammon Fischer , Lennart Klebl , Martin Claassen , Angel Rubio , Li Huang , Dante Kennes , Lede Xian