TY - JOUR
T1 - Competing orders at higher-order Van Hove points
AU - Classen, Laura
AU - Chubukov, Andrey V.
AU - Honerkamp, Carsten
AU - Scherer, Michael M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Physical Society.
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - Van Hove points are special points in the energy dispersion, where the density of states exhibits analytic singularities. When a Van Hove point is close to the Fermi level, tendencies towards density wave orders, Pomeranchuk orders, and superconductivity can all be enhanced, often in more than one channel, leading to a competition between different orders and unconventional ground states. Here we consider the effects from higher-order Van Hove points, around which the dispersion is flatter than near a conventional Van Hove point, and the density of states has a power-law divergence. We argue that such points are present in intercalated graphene and other materials. We use an effective low-energy model for electrons near higher-order Van Hove points and analyze the competition between different ordering tendencies using an unbiased renormalization-group approach. For purely repulsive interactions, we find that two key competitors are ferromagnetism and chiral superconductivity. For a small attractive interaction, we find an unconventional spin Pomeranchuk order, in wich the spin oder parameter winds around the Fermi surface. The supermetal state, predicted for a single higher-order Van Hove point, is an unstable fixed point in our case.
AB - Van Hove points are special points in the energy dispersion, where the density of states exhibits analytic singularities. When a Van Hove point is close to the Fermi level, tendencies towards density wave orders, Pomeranchuk orders, and superconductivity can all be enhanced, often in more than one channel, leading to a competition between different orders and unconventional ground states. Here we consider the effects from higher-order Van Hove points, around which the dispersion is flatter than near a conventional Van Hove point, and the density of states has a power-law divergence. We argue that such points are present in intercalated graphene and other materials. We use an effective low-energy model for electrons near higher-order Van Hove points and analyze the competition between different ordering tendencies using an unbiased renormalization-group approach. For purely repulsive interactions, we find that two key competitors are ferromagnetism and chiral superconductivity. For a small attractive interaction, we find an unconventional spin Pomeranchuk order, in wich the spin oder parameter winds around the Fermi surface. The supermetal state, predicted for a single higher-order Van Hove point, is an unstable fixed point in our case.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.125141
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.125141
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85092921312
SN - 2469-9950
VL - 102
JO - Physical Review B
JF - Physical Review B
IS - 12
M1 - 125141
ER -