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Realization of odd-frequency p-wave spin-singlet superconductivity coexisting with antiferromagnetic order near quantum critical point

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-11-10 v2 Superconductivity

Abstract

A possibility of the realization of the p-wave spin-singlet superconductivity (ppSS), whose gap function is odd both in momentum and in frequency, is investigated by solving the gap equation with the phenomenological interaction mediated by the antiferromagnetic spin fluctuation. The ppSS is realized prevailing over the d-wave singlet superconductivity (ddSS) in the vicinity of antiferromagnetic quantum critical pint (QCP) both on the paramagnetic and on the antiferromagnetic sides. Off the QCP in the paramagnetic phase, however, the ddSS with line-nodes is realized as \textit{conventional} anisotropic superconductivity. For the present ppSS state, there is no gap in the quasiparticle spectrum everywhere on the Fermi surface due to its odd frequency. These features can give a qualitative understanding of the anomalous behaviors of NQR relaxation rate on CeCu2_2Si2_2 or CeRhIn5_5 where the antiferromagnetism and superconductivity coexist on a microscopic level.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0302532,
  title  = {Realization of odd-frequency p-wave spin-singlet superconductivity coexisting with antiferromagnetic order near quantum critical point},
  author = {Y. Fuseya and H. Kohno and K. Miyake},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0302532},
  year   = {2009}
}

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20 pages with 12 figures. To appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. Vol. 72, No. 11