Spontaneous Vortex-Antivortex Lattice and Majorana Fermions in Rhombohedral Graphene

The discovery of superconducting states in multilayer rhombohedral graphene with spin and valley polarization [1] has raised an interesting question: how does superconductivity cope with time-reversal symmetry breaking? In this Letter, using Ginzburg-Landau theory and microscopic calculation, we predict the existence of a new superconducting state at low electron density, which exhibits a spontaneously formed lattice of vortices and antivortices hosting Majorana zero modes in their cores. We further identify this vortex-antivortex lattice state in the experimental phase diagram and describe its experimental manifestations.

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Physical Review Letters
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2025-09-10
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https://doi.org/10.1103/k8sb-rqxf
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5
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Topological Materials and Phenomena
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Spontaneous Vortex-Antivortex Lattice and Majorana Fermions in Rhombohedral Graphene

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Spontaneous Vortex-Antivortex Lattice and Majorana Fermions in Rhombohedral Graphene

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Abstract

The discovery of superconducting states in multilayer rhombohedral graphene with spin and valley polarization [1] has raised an interesting question: how does superconductivity cope with time-reversal symmetry breaking? In this Letter, using Ginzburg-Landau theory and microscopic calculation, we predict the existence of a new superconducting state at low electron density, which exhibits a spontaneously formed lattice of vortices and antivortices hosting Majorana zero modes in their cores. We further identify this vortex-antivortex lattice state in the experimental phase diagram and describe its experimental manifestations.

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