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Periodic Anderson model for magnetism and superconductivity in UTe2

Superconductivity 2021-03-10 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We provide and analyze a periodic Anderson model for studying magnetism and superconductivity in UTe2_2, a recently-discovered candidate for a topological spin-triplet superconductor. The 24-band tight-binding model reproduces the band structure obtained from a DFT+U+U calculation consistent with an angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. The Coulomb interaction of ff-electrons enhances Ising ferromagnetic fluctuation along the aa-axis and stabilizes spin-triplet superconductivity of either B3uB_{3u} or AuA_{u} symmetry. When effects of pressure are taken into account in hopping integrals, the magnetic fluctuation changes to antiferromagnetic one, and accordingly spin-singlet superconductivity of AgA_{g} symmetry is stabilized. Based on the results, we propose pressure-temperature and magnetic field-temperature phase diagrams revealing multiple superconducting phases as well as an antiferromagnetic phase. In particular, a mixed-parity superconducting state with spontaneous inversion symmetry breaking is predicted.

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@article{arxiv.2008.01945,
  title  = {Periodic Anderson model for magnetism and superconductivity in UTe2},
  author = {Jun Ishizuka and Youichi Yanase},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.01945},
  year   = {2021}
}

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9 pages, 9 figures