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Superconductivity in the repulsive Hubbard model: an asymptotically exact weak-coupling solution

Superconductivity 2010-10-19 v1

Abstract

We study the phase diagram of the Hubbard model in the limit where U, the onsite repulsive interaction, is much smaller than the bandwidth. We present an asymptotically exact expression for Tc_c, the superconducting transition temperature, in terms of the correlation functions of the non-interacting system which is valid for arbitrary densities so long as the interactions are sufficiently small. Our strategy for computing Tc_c involves first integrating out all degrees of freedom having energy higher than an unphysical initial cutoff Ω0\Omega_0. Then, the renormalization group (RG) flows of the resulting effective action are computed and Tc_c is obtained by determining the scale below which the RG flows in the Cooper channel diverge. We prove that Tc_c is independent of Ω0\Omega_0. Using this method, we find a variety of unconventional superconducting ground states in two and three dimensional lattice systems and present explicit results for Tc_c and pairing symmetries as a function of the electron concentration.

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@article{arxiv.1002.0591,
  title  = {Superconductivity in the repulsive Hubbard model: an asymptotically exact weak-coupling solution},
  author = {S. Raghu and S. A. Kivelson and D. J. Scalapino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.0591},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

18 pages, 17 figures

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