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Path to superconductivity via strong short-range repulsion in a spin-polarized band

Zhiyu Dong and Patrick A. Lee

Phys. Rev. B - Accepted 26 August, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/q6lz-1jn5

Abstract

We predict that the spin-polarized electrons in a two-dimensional triangular lattice with strong electron-electron repulsion gives rise to f-wave pairing. The key point is that the first-order interaction, which is usually pair-breaking, vanishes or nearly vanishes in certain f-wave channels due to symmetry constraints. As a result, these f-wave pairing channels are governed by the subleading-order processes which enable pairing when the perturbation theory is controlled. We illustrate this using the Hubbard model on the triangular lattice with on-site and nearest-neighbor repulsion, where we find a $T_c1% $ of electron’s bandwidth. For a general screened interaction, the same idea works asymptotically, but a third-order calculation is needed to fully determine the strength of f-wave pairing.

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