Superconducting order parameter of Sr2RuO4: A microscopic perspective

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作者
Ramires, Aline [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Sigrist, Manfred [4 ]
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Phys Komplexer Syst, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
[2] ICTP, SAIFR, BR-01140070 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
[3] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Fis Teor, BR-01140070 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
[4] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Inst Theoret Phys, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
基金
巴西圣保罗研究基金会; 瑞士国家科学基金会;
关键词
SPIN-TRIPLET SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; UNCONVENTIONAL SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; FERMI-SURFACE; GAP; SCATTERING; SYMMETRY; STATE;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.100.104501
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The character of the superconducting phase of Sr2RuO4 is the topic of a longstanding discussion. The classification of the symmetry allowed order parameters has relied on the tetragonal symmetry of the lattice and on cylindrical Fermi surfaces, usually taken to be featureless, not including the nontrivial symmetry aspects related to their orbital content. Here we show how the careful account of the orbital degree of freedom and a three-dimensional description lead to a much richer classification of order parameters. We analyze the stability and degeneracy of these new order parameters from the perspective of the concept of superconducting fitness and propose new order parameter candidates which can systematically account for the observed phenomenology in this material.
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