Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-15-2018

Publication Title

Physical Review B

Volume

97

Issue Number

15

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.97.155146

Disciplines

Condensed Matter Physics

Abstract

The pairing symmetry of interacting Dirac fermions on the π-flux lattice is studied with the determinant quantum Monte Carlo and numerical linked-cluster expansion methods. The s∗- (i.e., extended s-) and d-wave pairing symmetries, which are distinct in the conventional square lattice, are degenerate under the Landau gauge. We demonstrate that the dominant pairing channel at strong interactions is an unconventional ds∗-wave phase consisting of alternating stripes of s∗- and d-wave phases. A complementary mean-field analysis shows that while the s∗- and d-wave symmetries individually have nodes in the energy spectrum, the ds∗ channel is fully gapped. The results represent a new realization of pairing in Dirac systems, connected to the problem of chiral d-wave pairing on the honeycomb lattice, which might be more readily accessed by cold-atom experiments.

Comments

This article originally appeared in Physical Review B, volume 97, issue 15, 2018, published by the American Physical Society. ©2017 American Physical Society. The article can also be found online at this link. SJSU users: use the following link to login and access the article via SJSU databases.

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