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Fluctuation-induced odd-frequency spin-triplet pairing in disordered electron liquid

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2022-09-28 v3

Abstract

We consider a two-dimensional disordered conductor in the regime when the superconducting phase is destroyed by the magnetic field. We analyze a combination of fluctuations of different origin which results in an effective interaction amplitude suitable for a spontaneous s-wave odd-frequency pairing instability. We observe that the end point of the superconductivity is a quantum critical point separating the conventional superconducting phase from a state with the odd-frequency spin-triplet pairing instability. We speculate that this could shed light on a rather mysterious insulating state observed in strongly disordered superconducting films in a broad region of the magnetic fields.

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@article{arxiv.1912.04258,
  title  = {Fluctuation-induced odd-frequency spin-triplet pairing in disordered electron liquid},
  author = {Vladimir A. Zyuzin and Alexander M. Finkel'stein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.04258},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

28 pages, 8 figures; changed title

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