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Small-q phonon-mediated superconductivity in organic \kappa-BEDT-TTF compounds

Superconductivity 2009-11-07 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We propose a mew picture for superconductivity in κ(BEDTTTF)2X\kappa-(BEDT-TTF)_2X salts arguing that small-{\bf q} electron-phonon scattering dominates the pairing. We reproduce the distinct X-shaped d-wave gap reported recently by magnetooptic measurements and we argue that the softness of the momentum structure of the gap and the near degeneracy of s- and d-wave gap states may be at the origin of the experimental controversy about the gap symmetry. We show that a magnetic field applied parallel to the planes may induce extended gapless-regions on the FS accounting for the experimental signatures of a Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinikov state and it may induce gap symmetry transitions as well.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0107017,
  title  = {Small-q phonon-mediated superconductivity in organic \kappa-BEDT-TTF compounds},
  author = {G. Varelogiannis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0107017},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages and 7 figures