Skyrmions with quadratic band touching fermions: A way to achieve charge 4e superconductivity

被引:37
作者
Moon, Eun-Gook [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Phys, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2012年 / 85卷 / 24期
关键词
NONLINEAR SIGMA-MODELS; STATISTICS; SOLITONS; PHASE; ORDER; SPIN;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.85.245123
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We study Skyrmion quantum numbers, charge, and statistics, in (2 + 1) dimension induced by quadratic band touching (QBT) fermions. It is shown that induced charge of Skyrmions is twice bigger than corresponding Dirac particles' and their statistics are always bosonic. Applying to the Bernal stacking bilayer graphene, we show that Skyrmions of quantum spin Hall are charge 4e bosons, so their condensation realizes charge 4e superconductivity. The phase transition could be of second order, and one candidate theory of the transition is an O(5) nonlinear sigma model with a nonzero Wess-Zumino-Witten term. We calculate the renormalization group beta function of the model perturbatively and propose a possible phase diagram. We also discuss how QBT fermions are different from two copies of Dirac particles.
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