Topological ultranodal pair states in iron-based superconductors

oleh: Chandan Setty, Shinibali Bhattacharyya, Yifu Cao, Andreas Kreisel, P. J. Hirschfeld

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-01-01

Deskripsi

Experiments indicate an abrupt change in the pairing gap near the nematic transition in the FeSe1−x S x iron-based superconductor. Here, Setty et al. propose to explain them via a novel spin-1/2 paired state with topologically protected zero-energy excitations over a finite area nodal surface.