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Anisotropic chiral d+id superconductivity in NaxCoO2 yH2O

Superconductivity 2015-06-12 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Since its discovery, the superconducting phase in water-intercalated sodium cobaltates NaxCoO2 yH2O (x~0.3, y~1.3) has posed fundamental challenges in terms of experimental investigation and theoretical understanding. By a combined dynamical mean-field and renormalization group approach, we find an anisotropic chiral d+id wave state as a consequence of multi-orbital 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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@article{arxiv.1301.5662,
  title  = {Anisotropic chiral d+id superconductivity in NaxCoO2 yH2O},
  author = {Maximilian Kiesel and Christian Platt and Werner Hanke and Ronny Thomale},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.5662},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages plus references, 5 figures