New physics in flat Moire bands

PIRSA ID: 20110000
Event Type: Seminar
Domaine(s) scientifique(s) :
Quantum Matter
Date de fin :
Speaker(s):
  • Erez Berg, Weizmann Institute of Science

Flat bands in Moire superlattices are emerging as a fascinating new playground for correlated electron physics. I will present the results of several studies inspired by these developments. First, I will address the question of whether superconductivity is possible even in the limit of a perfectly flat band. Then, I will discuss transport properties of a spin-polarized superconductor in the limit of zero spin-orbit coupling, where the topological structure of the order parameter space allows for a new dissipation mechanism not known from conventional superconductors. If time allows, I will also discuss the interpretation of new measurements of the electronic compressibility in twisted bilayer graphene, indicating a cascade of symmetry-breaking transitions as a function of the density of carriers in the system. 

 

References:

https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.10073

https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.08848

https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.06150