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Emergent $s+id$ Superconductivity from the Interplay between Electronic Correlations and Electron-Phonon Coupling in $\mathrm{R}_{1-x}\mathrm{Sr}_x\mathrm{NiO}_2$

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2026-07-14 v1 Superconductivity

Abstract

Recent tunneling measurements on infinite-layer nickelates have revealed spatially varying superconducting symmetries, whose microscopic origin remains unclear. Motivated by this observation, we investigate the interplay between electron correlations and electron-phonon interactions in infinite-layer nickelates by combining first-principles calculations with the fluctuation-exchange-Migdal-Eliashberg theory. Our calculations show that spin fluctuations yield robust dd-wave superconductivity on the Ni dx2y2d_{x^2-y^2} orbital, whereas electron-phonon coupling induces ss-wave pairing on an interstitial orbital, leading to an s+ids+id superconducting state. The emergence of the ss-wave component is strongly carrier-density dependent: an intermediate electron-phonon coupling of λ=0.4\lambda=0.4 stabilizes the s+ids+id state at n=0.9n=0.9 but not at n=0.8n=0.8. These results imply that local oxygen defects tune the local electron density and form finite-size domains with distinct pairing symmetries, offering a compelling explanation for the spatially inhomogeneous superconducting symmetries observed in experiments.

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@article{arxiv.2607.12773,
  title  = {Emergent $s+id$ Superconductivity from the Interplay between Electronic Correlations and Electron-Phonon Coupling in $\mathrm{R}_{1-x}\mathrm{Sr}_x\mathrm{NiO}_2$},
  author = {Zi Yuan and Jun Zhan and Xianxin Wu and Shaozhi Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.12773},
  year   = {2026}
}

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8 pages, 5 figures