Pairing States of Spin-3/2 Fermions: Symmetry-Enforced Topological Gap Functions

We study the topological properties of superconductors with paired j=3/2 quasiparticles. Higher spin Fermi surfaces can arise, for instance, in strongly spin-orbit coupled band-inverted semimetals. Examples include the Bi-based half-Heusler materials, which have recently been established as low-temp...

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Main Authors: Jörn W. F. Venderbos, Lucile Savary, Jonathan Ruhman, Patrick A. Lee, Liang Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2018-02-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.8.011029