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arxiv: 1803.06504 · v1 · pith:FRIIXKDMnew · submitted 2018-03-17 · ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con

Superconductivity without inversion and time-reversal symmetries

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The traditional symmetries that protect superconductivity are time-reversal and inversion. Here, we examine the minimal symmetries protecting superconductivity in two dimensions and find that time-reversal symmetry and inversion symmetry are not required, and having a combination of either symmetry with a mirror operation on the basal plane is sufficient. We classify superconducting states stabilized by these two symmetries, when time-reversal and inversion symmetries are not present, and provide realistic minimal models as examples. Interestingly, several experimentally realized systems, such as transition metal dichalcogenides and the two-dimensional Rashba system belong to this category, when subject to an applied magnetic field.

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