We theoretically investigate the evolution and instability of the Bogoliubov Fermi surface (BFS) in the spherical
j=3/2 model under a Zeeman field. The applied field induces a pronounced expansion in the BFS with
jz=±3/2 component. Such behavior can be detected by spectroscopic techniques such as angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). Interestingly, the Pauli susceptibility exhibits behavior that appears discontinuous just below the transition temperature at zero field, even though it is a second-order transition. This is due to spontaneous magnetization. Furthermore, the analysis of the bogolon correlations in the superconducting phase suggests the possibility of the chiral
p- or
f-wave bogolon pairing instabilities rather than the Pomeranchuk instability. These chiral states coexist with the chiral
d-wave superconducting state, spontaneously break inversion symmetry, and lead to the disappearance of the torus-shaped BFS structure.
We study instabilities occurring in the electron system whose Fermi surface has flat regions on its opposite sides. Such a Fermi surface resembles Fermi surfaces of some high-
Tc superconductors. In the framework of the parquet approximation, we classify possible instabilities and derive renormalization-group equations that determine the evolution of corresponding susceptibilities with decreasing temperature. Numerical solutions of the parquet equations are found to be in qualitative agreement with a ladder approximation. For the repulsive Hubbard interaction, the antiferromagnetic (spin-density-wave) instability dominates, but when the Fermi surface is not perfectly flat, the d-wave superconducting instability takes over.
The cure to the
ℓ=1 Landau-Pomeranchuk (L-P) instabilities in translationally invariant fermions is shown to be a state with an anisotropic gap at the fermi-surface. For higher
ℓ and for fermions on a lattice, general criteria for long wavelength instabilities and their cure are found in terms of the derivatives of the single particle self-energy with respect to momentum for spin-symmetric instabilities and with respect to magnetic field for spin-antisymmetric instabilities. The results may be relevant to identifying hidden order parameters found in many metals.