Superconductivity in Noncentrosymmetric NbReSi: Beyond Harmonic and Adiabatic Limits
Abstract
The noncentrosymmetric superconductor NbReSi (Tc=6.5 K) is being actively explored for unconventional pairing that is allowed by its broken inversion symmetry. Despite broad experimental interest, what drives its superconductivity remains an open question. We show that the electronic states at the Fermi level are dominated by Nb and Re d-states. Vibrations of the same heavy-metal framework contribute more than 95% of the electron-phonon coupling, with the strongest coupling arising from the sublattice-selective breathing mode involving strongly bonded Re atoms. Harmonic Migdal-Eliashberg theory overestimates Tc by more than 60%. The zero-point anharmonic hardening of these modes reduces the coupling by 20%. The leading vertex correction becomes important as well despite low phonon energies due to the contribution of spatially localized Re-d orbitals to the electronic band structure near the Fermi level. Together, anharmonicity and vertex corrections bring the calculated Tc and superconducting gap into close agreement with experiment, establishing NbReSi as a moderately coupled, phonon-mediated superconductor whose quantitative description requires going beyond harmonic Migdal--Eliashberg theory.
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BibTeX
@misc{mishra2026superconductivity,
title = {{Superconductivity in Noncentrosymmetric NbReSi: Beyond Harmonic and Adiabatic Limits}},
author = {Shashi B. Mishra and Sohair ElMeligy and Pratibha Dev},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.30564},
eprint = {2609.30564},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.30564},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Superconductivity in Noncentrosymmetric NbReSi: Beyond Harmonic and Adiabatic Limits
AU - Shashi B. Mishra
AU - Sohair ElMeligy
AU - Pratibha Dev
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/24
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.30564
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.30564
AB - The noncentrosymmetric superconductor NbReSi (Tc=6.5 K) is being actively explored for unconventional pairing that is allowed by its broken inversion symmetry. Despite broad experimental interest, what drives its superconductivity remains an open question. We show that the electronic states at the Fermi level are dominated by Nb and Re d-states. Vibrations of the same heavy-metal framework contribute more than 95% of the electron-phonon coupling, with the strongest coupling arising from the sublattice-selective breathing mode involving strongly bonded Re atoms. Harmonic Migdal-Eliashberg theory overestimates Tc by more than 60%. The zero-point anharmonic hardening of these modes reduces the coupling by 20%. The leading vertex correction becomes important as well despite low phonon energies due to the contribution of spatially localized Re-d orbitals to the electronic band structure near the Fermi level. Together, anharmonicity and vertex corrections bring the calculated Tc and superconducting gap into close agreement with experiment, establishing NbReSi as a moderately coupled, phonon-mediated superconductor whose quantitative description requires going beyond harmonic Migdal--Eliashberg theory.
ER -