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    Direction-selective triplet pairing and spin-edge locking in altermagnetic metals

    Lie Yuan1, Junkang Huang1, Yu-Xuan Li1,2,*, and Tao Zhou1,2,†

    • 1Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Structure and Fundamental Interactions of Matter, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
    • 2Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Frontier Research Institute for Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China

    • *Contact author: yxliphy@gmail.com
    • †Contact author: tzhou@scnu.edu.cn

    Phys. Rev. B 114, 204502 – Published 2 October, 2026

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/mymv-mgbh

    Abstract

    We investigate self-consistent unconventional superconductivity in a two-dimensional d-wave altermagnetic metal. We find that momentum-dependent altermagnetic spin splitting suppresses opposite-spin-singlet pairing and stabilizes highly anisotropic equal-spin triplet order. In the spin-conserving limit, this directional triplet pairing gives rise to nearly dispersionless Majorana boundary states associated with effective one-dimensional topological channels. Rashba spin-orbit coupling mixes spin sectors, activates additional pairing components, and drives the system into a mixed-parity superconducting state with dispersive Majorana boundary states. The spin-resolved boundary spectra further reveal a characteristic locking between boundary orientation and spin polarization, reflecting the underlying altermagnetic symmetry. These results identify altermagnetic spin splitting as an intrinsic mechanism for selecting unconventional pairing and generating spin-resolved Majorana boundary states without external magnetic fields.

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