Mixed-parity superconductivity near Lifshitz transitions in strongly spin-orbit-coupled metals

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Abstract

We consider a strongly spin-orbit-coupled metal, one of whose Fermi surfaces is close to a Lifshitz (topological) transition. Via a renormalization group analysis of the square-lattice Hubbard model with strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling, we show that such a metal is generically unstable to the formation of mixed-parity superconductivity with a helical triplet component.

*This work has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) under grant numbers EP/L015110/1 (Trott) and EP/R031924/1 (Hooley).

Presenters

  • Christopher Hooley

    • School of Physics and Astronomy, SUPA, University of St Andrews, UK

Authors

  • Matthew Trott

    • School of Physics and Astronomy, SUPA, University of St Andrews, UK
  • Christopher Hooley

    • School of Physics and Astronomy, SUPA, University of St Andrews, UK