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Spin-orbit-phonon interaction as an origin of helical-symmetry breaking spin-triplet superconducting state

Superconductivity 2020-03-18 v1

Abstract

The excess increase of the local field distribution width ΔHσ/γμ\Delta H\equiv\sigma/\gamma_{\mu} (with γμ=135.5\gamma_{\mu}=135.5\,MHz/T being the gyromagnetic ratio of μ+\mu^{+}), and/or the spontaneous magnetic field HsponH_{\rm spon}, have been reported in the superconducting state of a series of compounds more than 10 by μ\muSR (muon spin rotation or relaxation) experiment. Sizes of these quantities are of the order of 1G on the whole. We propose that the increase of the local field distribution ΔH\Delta H in those compounds, including ions with strong spin-orbit interaction of 5d electrons, such as La in LaNiGa2_2 or Re in Re6_6Zr, is possible through the cooperation of the spin-orbit coupling between the quasiparticles and ionic vibrations (phonons) and the conventional quasiparticles-phonon coupling, inducing the spin-triplet p-wave pairing with helical symmetry breaking superconducting state with chiral super spin current around stopped μ+\mu^{+} site. The size of ΔH\Delta H is estimated as of the order of 1G, in consistent with experimental observations.

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@article{arxiv.2002.11344,
  title  = {Spin-orbit-phonon interaction as an origin of helical-symmetry breaking spin-triplet superconducting state},
  author = {Kazumasa Miyake},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.11344},
  year   = {2020}
}

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9 pages, 2 figures, Proceedings of J-Physics 2019: International Conference on Multipole Physics and Related Phenomena