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Chiral d+is superconducting state in the two dimensional t-t' Hubbard model

Superconductivity 2009-11-10 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Applying the recently developed variational approach to Kohn-Luttinger superconductivity to the t-t' Hubbard model in two dimensions, we have found, for sizeable next-nearest neighbor hopping, an electron density controlled quantum phase transition between a d-wave superconducting state close to half filling and an s-wave superconductor at lower electron density. The transition occurs via an intermediate time reversal breaking d+is superconducting phase, which is characterized by nonvanishing chirality and density-current correlation. Our results suggest the possibility of a bulk time reversal symmetry breaking state in overdoped cuprates.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0309183,
  title  = {Chiral d+is superconducting state in the two dimensional t-t' Hubbard model},
  author = {J. Mraz and R. Hlubina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0309183},
  year   = {2009}
}