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Quantum Geometry Induced Kekul\'{e} Superconductivity in Haldane phases

Superconductivity 2025-12-25 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

Chiral two-dimensional electron gases, which capture the electronic properties of graphene and rhombohedral graphene systems, exhibit singular momentum-space vortices and are susceptible to interaction-induced topological Haldane phases. Here, we investigate pairing interactions in these inversion-symmetric Haldane phases of chiral two-dimensional electron gases. We demonstrate that the nontrivial band topology of the Haldane phases enhances intra-valley (Q=±2KD{\bf Q} = \pm 2 {\bf K_D}) pair susceptibility relative to inter-valley (Q=0{\bf Q} = 0) pair susceptibility, favoring the emergence of a lattice-scale pair-density wave order. When longitudinal acoustic phonons mediate the pairing interaction, the system supports a chiral Kekul\`{e} superconducting order. Our findings are relevant to superconductivity in rhombohedral graphene and Kagome metals.

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@article{arxiv.2508.21791,
  title  = {Quantum Geometry Induced Kekul\'{e} Superconductivity in Haldane phases},
  author = {Yafis Barlas and Fan Zhang and Enrico Rossi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.21791},
  year   = {2025}
}

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8 pages

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