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Fluctuation-driven superconductivity in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ from weak repulsive interactions

Superconductivity 2020-07-29 v1

Abstract

We provide results for the leading superconducting instabilities for a model pertaining to Sr2_2RuO4_4 obtained within spin-fluctuation mediated superconductivity in the very weak-coupling limit. The theory incorporates spin-orbit coupling (SOC) effects both in the band structure and in the pairing kernel in the form of associated magnetic anisotropies. The leading superconducting phase is found to be dx2y2d_{x^2-y^2} and a nodal ss-wave state. However, the odd-parity helical solution can become leading either for small SOC and Hund's coupling JJ in the weak UU-limit, or in the opposite limit with large SOC and JJ at larger values of the Hubbard-UU. The odd-parity chiral solution is never found to be leading. Finally we discuss the form of the resulting superconducting spectral gaps in the different explored parameter regimes.

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@article{arxiv.2001.11265,
  title  = {Fluctuation-driven superconductivity in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ from weak repulsive interactions},
  author = {Astrid T. Rømer and Brian M. Andersen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.11265},
  year   = {2020}
}

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5 pages, 5 figures

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