Acoustic-Phonon-Mediated Superconductivity in Rhombohedral Trilayer Graphene

Abstract

Motivated by the observation of two distinct superconducting phases in the moiréless ABC-stacked rhombohedral trilayer graphene, we investigate the electron-acoustic-phonon coupling as a possible pairing mechanism. We predict the existence of superconductivity with the highest Tc ∼ 3K near the Van Hove singularity. Away from the Van Hove singularity, Tc remains finite in a wide range of doping. In our model, the s-wave spin-singlet and f -wave spin-triplet pairings yield the same Tc, while other pairing states have negligible Tc. Our theory provides a simple explanation for the two distinct superconducting phases in the experiment and suggests that superconductivity and other interaction-driven phases (e.g., ferromagnetism) can have different origins.