Correlations and geometric frustration - a happy marriage?

Author: Schaefer, Thomas

Affiliation: University of Trieste

Type: Invited Talk

Session: Organic and low dimensional superconductivity

Date and Time: 21.07.2026, 17:30 - 17:50

The phase diagrams of quasi two-dimensional organic superconductors display a plethora of fundamental phenomena associated with strong electron correlations, such as unconventional superconductivity, metal-insulator transitions, frustrated magnetism and spin liquid behavior. We analyze a minimal model for these compounds, the Hubbard model on an anisotropic triangular lattice, using cutting-edge quantum embedding methods respecting the lattice symmetry. We demonstrate the existence of unconventional superconductivity by directly entering the symmetry-broken phase. We show that the crossover from the Fermi liquid metal to the Mott insulator is associated with the formation of a pseudogap. The predicted momentum-selective destruction of the Fermi surface into hot and cold regions provides motivation for further spectroscopic studies. Our theoretical results agree with experimental phase diagrams of 𝜅-BEDT organics.

H. Menke, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 136501 (2024)