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Possible Superconductivity in Electron-doped Chromium Pnictide LaOCrAs

Superconductivity 2017-04-19 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We constructed an effective tight-binding model with five Cr 3d3d orbitals for LaOCrAs according to first-principles calculations. Basing on this model, we investigated possible superconductivity induced by correlations in doped LaOCrAs using the functional renormalization group (FRG). We find that there are two domes of superconductivity in electron-doped LaOCrAs. With increasing electron doping, the ground state of the system evolves from G-type antiferromagnetism in the parent compound to an incipient s±s_\pm-wave superconducting phase dominated by electron bands derived from the d3z2r2d_{3z^2-r^2} orbital as the filling is above 4.24.2 electrons per site on the dd-orbitals of Cr. The gap function has strong octet anisotropy on the Fermi pocket around the zone center and diminishes on the other pockets. In electron over-doped LaOCrAs, the system develops dx2y2d_{x^2-y^2}-wave superconducting phase and the active band derives from the dxyd_{xy} orbital. Inbetween the two superconducting domes, a time-reversal symmetry breaking s+ids+id SC phase is likely to occur. We also find s±s_\pm-wave superconducting phase in the hole-doped case.

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@article{arxiv.1701.06002,
  title  = {Possible Superconductivity in Electron-doped Chromium Pnictide LaOCrAs},
  author = {Wan-Sheng Wang and Miao Gao and Yang Yang and Yuan-Yuan Xiang and Qiang-Hua Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.06002},
  year   = {2017}
}

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7pages,6figures

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