Topological Superconductor Sn4Au: A first principle study

Abstract

Topological semimetals such as Weyl or Dirac semimetal with superconductivity have emerged as a new class of topological materials to realize and study Majorana Fermion in its intrinsic form. This article reports the Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculated bulk electronic band structure of recently discovered topological superconductor candidate Sn4Au. This study is further extended to the calculation of Z2 invariants. The Fermi surfaces corresponding to the bands which are responsible for non-trivial band topology along with the surface states are also mapped. The complete study suggests that Sn4Au is a topological semimetal. On Sn4Au, it is the first report in the literature showing the non-trivial band topology based on first-principle calculations.Comment: 19 Pages Text + Figs: SUST - Special issue: Superconductivity Research in Indi