More is different: the beauty of multiband in iron-based superconductors
Author: Ding, Hong
Affiliation: T. D. Lee Inst. Shanghai
Type: Invited Talk
Session: Iron-based superconductors: spectroscopy and heterostructures
Date and Time: 21.07.2026, 10:45 - 11:15
In a paradigm-shifting article “More is different” in 1972, Phil Anderson pointed out that new properties can emerge from a many-body system, which cannot be derived from the constituent particles. In this talk I will illustrate that even two or three can be regarded as “more” in the world of superconductors. I will highlight the unnoticed beauty of multiband of iron-based superconductors, including 1. Emergence of topological band which coexists with superconductivity, leading to the discovery of Majorana zero mode; 2. Interplay of multicomponent superconductivity, leading to the discoveries of exotic paring with time-reversal symmetry breaking and fractional vortex; 3. Contribution of Hund coupling towards pairing in this unique class of superconductors.