The Fano-Graphene Heterostructure: Electronic Topology and Flat-Band Superconductivity in Octonionic Moire Lattices

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Authors: Aaron Schutza
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Abstract

We present a rigorous condensed matter derivation of the Octonionic Geometric StiffnessMaterial (OGSM). We demonstrate that a trilayer graphene heterostructure twisted at the char-acteristic Fano angles θ = ± arcsin1/√7 ≈ ±22.208◦ creates a quasicrystalline Moir´e superlatticethat projects the root system of the G2 algebra onto a 2D plane. We derive the effective Hamilto-nian, identifying the Associator Hazard as a non-Abelian Peierls substitution induced by heavy-iondopants (Iridium septets). We calculate the resulting electronic band structure, revealing the emer-gence of Hyper-Flat Bands with effective mass m∗ → ∞. Finally, we derive the superconductingcritical temperature Tc not via phonon coupling, but via the relaxation of the Geometric Stiffnessβ ≈ 1.91, predicting Tc ≈ 450 K.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Topological Materials and Phenomena Quasicrystal Structures and Properties Graphene research and applications

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Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
5 January 2026
Document type
Preprint