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Anti-screening ferromagnetic superconductivity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2013-12-24 v2 Superconductivity Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We consider the Ginzburg-Landau mean field theory of ferromagnetic superconductors with complex order parameter ψi,i=1,2,3\psi_i, i=1,2,3. Below the critical temperature superconductivity is generated by means of a tachyonic term in the free energy αψi2-\alpha |\psi_i|^2 (α>0)(\alpha>0), stabilized by a ψ4\psi^4-term. However, we show that when α\alpha becomes negative superconductivity can also be generated spontaneously by the magnetic field through the Zeeman like coupling between the field and the spin of the order parameter, in analogy with what happens in W-meson condensation. We also show that this mechanism leads to a vortex lattice which has anti-screening currents, enhancing the magnetic field instead of counteracting it. The lattice of vortices is a collective phenomenon where the individual elements do not exist in isolated form. If the parameter α\alpha vanishes it is possible to obtain an explicit form of the vortex lattice in terms of Weierstrass' p-function.

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@article{arxiv.1311.4519,
  title  = {Anti-screening ferromagnetic superconductivity},
  author = {P. Olesen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.4519},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

It is emphasized that our solution satisfies a London-type equation

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