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Analytical Result on Electronic States around a Vortex Core in a Noncentrosymmetric Superconductor

Superconductivity 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We analytically study electronic bound states around a single vortex core in a noncentrosymmetric superconductor such as CePt3Si{\rm CePt_3Si} without mirror symmetry about the abab plane. Considering a mixed spin-singlet-triplet Cooper pairing model, we obtain a formula about the local density of states (LDOS) around a vortex core in any directions of magnetic fields. The LDOS under a magnetic field perpendicular to the c axis are quite different from those of typical s-wave or d-wave superconductors. From the ellipticity of the spatial pattern of the LDOS around a vortex core, one can estimate experimentally the pairing symmetry of CePt3Si{\rm CePt_3Si} such as the position of the gap nodes and the ratio of the singlet component to the triplet component in order parameter.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0602254,
  title  = {Analytical Result on Electronic States around a Vortex Core in a Noncentrosymmetric Superconductor},
  author = {Yuki Nagai and Yusuke Kato and Nobuhiko Hayashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0602254},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages,3 figures