Non-uniform Berry curvature in parent Chern bands induces momentum-space vortices in the chiral superconducting gap function, with the parent Chern number constraining vortex count independently of model details.
Chiral superconductivity from parent Chern band and its non-Abelian generalization
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We propose a minimal model starting from a parent Chern band with quartic dispersion that can describe the spin-valley polarized electrons in rhombohedral tetralayer graphene. The interplay between repulsive and attractive interactions on top of that parent Chern band is studied. We conduct standard self-consistent mean-field calculations, and find a rich phase diagram that consists of metal, quantum anomalous Hall crystal, chiral topological superconductor, as well as trivial gapped Bose--Einstein condensate. In particular, there exists a topological phase transition from the chiral superconductor to the Bose--Einstein condensate at zero temperature. Motivated by the recent experimental and theoretical studies of composite Fermi liquid in rhombohedral stacked multilayer graphene, we further generalize the physical electron model to its composite fermion counterpart based on a field theory analysis. The chiral superconductor phase of the composite fermion becomes the nonabelian Moore--Read quantum Hall phase. We argue that a chiral (pseudo-)spin liquid phase can emerge in the vicinity of this Moore--Read quantum Hall phase. Our work suggests rhombohedral multilayer graphene as a potential platform for rich correlated topological phases.
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RPA calculation identifies chiral p-wave pairing as dominant in tetralayer graphene at low densities, with distinct finite-momentum and zero-momentum superconducting regimes.
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Chiral superconductors from parent states with non-uniform Berry curvature: Momentum-space vortices, BdG topology, and thermal Hall conductivity
Non-uniform Berry curvature in parent Chern bands induces momentum-space vortices in the chiral superconducting gap function, with the parent Chern number constraining vortex count independently of model details.
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Chiral finite-momentum superconductivity in the tetralayer graphene
RPA calculation identifies chiral p-wave pairing as dominant in tetralayer graphene at low densities, with distinct finite-momentum and zero-momentum superconducting regimes.