Model Evidence of an Anisotropic Chirald+id-Wave Pairing State for the Water-IntercalatedNaxCoO2·yH2OSuperconductor

Autor: Werner Hanke, Maximilian L. Kiesel, Christian Platt, Ronny Thomale
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Physical Review Letters. 111
ISSN: 1079-7114
0031-9007
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.097001
Popis: Since its discovery, the superconducting phase in water-intercalated sodium cobaltates Na(x)CoO2·yH2O (x∼0.3, y∼1.3) has posed fundamental challenges in terms of experimental investigation and theoretical understanding. By a combined cluster calculation and renormalization group approach, we find an anisotropic chiral d+id-wave state as a consequence of multiorbital effects, Fermi surface topology, and magnetic fluctuations. It naturally explains the singlet property and close-to-nodal gap features of the superconducting phase as indicated by experiments.
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