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arxiv: 1610.04679 · v1 · pith:JJJPCTYCnew · submitted 2016-10-15 · ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con

Symmetry protected line nodes in non-symmorphic magnetic space groups: Applications to UCoGe and UPd₂Al₃

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We present the group-thoretical classification of gap functions in superconductors coexisting with some magnetic order in non-symmorphic magnetic space groups. Based on the weak-coupling BCS theory, we show that UCoGe-type ferromagnetic superconductors must have horizontal line nodes on either $k_z=0$ or $\pm\pi/c$ plane. Moreover, it is likely that additional Weyl point nodes exist at the axial point. On the other hand, in UPd$_2$Al$_3$-type antiferromagnetic superconductors, gap functions with $A_g$ symmetry possess horizontal line nodes in antiferromagnetic Brillouin zone boundary perpendicular to $c$-axis. In other words, the conventional fully-gapped $s$-wave superconductivity is forbidden in this type of antiferromagnetic superconductors, irrelevant to the pairing mechanism, as long as the Fermi surface crosses a zone boundary. UCoGe and UPd$_2$Al$_3$ are candidates for unconventional superconductors possessing hidden symmetry-protected line nodes, peculiar to non-symmorphic magnetic space groups.

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