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Paramagnetic Meissner Effect and Finite Spin Susceptibility in an Asymmetric Superconductor

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-09-09 v3 Astrophysics Superconductivity Nuclear Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

A general analysis of Meissner effect and spin susceptibility of a uniform superconductor in an asymmetric two-component fermion system is presented in nonrelativistic field theory approach. We found that, the pairing mechanism dominates the magnetization property of superconductivity, and the asymmetry enhances the paramagnetism of the system. At the turning point from BCS to breached pairing superconductivity, the Meissner mass squared and spin susceptibility are divergent at zero temperature. In the breached pairing state induced by chemical potential difference and mass difference between the two kinds of fermions, the system goes from paramagnetism to diamagnetism, when the mass ratio of the two species increases.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0509317,
  title  = {Paramagnetic Meissner Effect and Finite Spin Susceptibility in an Asymmetric Superconductor},
  author = {Lianyi He and Meng Jin and Pengfei Zhuang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0509317},
  year   = {2009}
}

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17pages, 2 figures, published in Physical Review B