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Superconductors with broken time-reversal symmetry: Spontaneous magnetization and quantum Hall effects

Superconductivity 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

Broken time reversal symmetry (BTRS) in d+id' as well as in d+is superconductors is studied and is shown to yield current carrying surface states. We evaluate the temperature and thickness dependence of the resulting spontaneous magnetization and show a marked difference between weak and strong BTRS. We also derive the Hall conductance which vanishes at zero wavevector q and finite frequency w, however at finite q,w it has an unusual structure. The chirality of the surface states leads to quantum Hall effects for spin and heat transport in d+id' superconductors.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0306716,
  title  = {Superconductors with broken time-reversal symmetry: Spontaneous magnetization and quantum Hall effects},
  author = {Baruch Horovitz and Anatoly Golub},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0306716},
  year   = {2009}
}

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15 pages, 4 eps figures