Time-reversal symmetry breaking and d -wave superconductivity of triple-point fermions
2021
We study the possibility of complex tensor ($d$-wave) superconducting order in three-dimensional semimetals with chiral spin-1/2 triple-point fermions, which have an effective orbital angular momentum of $L=1$ arising from a crossing of three bands. Retaining the first three lowest order terms in momentum and assuming rotational symmetry we show that the resulting mean-field $d$-wave ground state breaks time-reversal symmetry, but then depends crucially on the coefficients of the two quadratic terms in the Hamiltonian. The phase diagram at a finite chemical potential displays both the ``cyclic'' and the ``ferromagnetic'' superconducting states, distinguished by the average value of the magnetization; in the former state it is minimal (zero), whereas in the latter it is maximal (two). In both states we find mini Bogoliubov-Fermi surfaces in the quasiparticle spectrum, conforming to recent general arguments.
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