ArXiv · 2026
Recent experimental observations in the noncentrosymmetric Weyl semimetal PtBi₂ indicate unconventional superconductivity hosted by topological surface states – Weyl Fermi arcs – with a node at the center of each arc. Focusing on these Fermi arcs, we calculate the electronically mediated pairing interaction using a Kohn-Luttinger approach and find that, in a large region of the phase diagram, the leading superconducting instability has an i-wave symmetry featuring precisely such an intra-arc node. We study the dependence of the leading superconducting instabilities on electronic interaction parameters and chemical potential and show that the i-wave state is robust to changes in the model parameters. Our results provide a possible mechanism for the observation of topological i-wave superconductivity on the surface of PtBi₂ and may have implications for the broader landscape of superconducting instabilities arising from repulsive interactions on the surfaces of Weyl semimetals.
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