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The $s^\pm$-Wave Superconductivity in the Pressurized La$_4$Ni$_3$O$_{10}$

Superconductivity 2024-11-07 v3

Abstract

Recently, evidence of superconductivity (SC) has been reported in pressurized La4_4Ni3_3O10_{10}. Here we study the possible pairing mechanism and pairing symmetry in this material. Through fitting the density-functional-theory band structure, we provide a six-orbital tight-binding model. In comparison with the band structure of La3_3Ni2_2O7_7, the additional non-bonding dz2d_{z^2} band is importance to the pairing mechanism here. When the multi-orbital Hubbard interactions are included, our random-phase-approximation based study yields an s±s^{\pm}-wave pairing. The dominant FS nesting with nesting vector Q1(π,π)\mathbf{Q}_1\approx (\pi,\pi) is between the γ\gamma-pocket contributed by the bonding dz2d_{z^2} band top and the α1\alpha_1-pocket contributed by the non-bonding dz2d_{z^2} band bottom, leading to the strongest pairing gap amplitude and opposite gap signs within the two regimes. The dominant real-space pairing is the interlayer pairing between the dz2d_{z^2} orbitals. We have also studied the doping dependence of the pairing symmetry and TcT_c.

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@article{arxiv.2402.07902,
  title  = {The $s^\pm$-Wave Superconductivity in the Pressurized La$_4$Ni$_3$O$_{10}$},
  author = {Ming Zhang and Hongyi Sun and Yu-Bo Liu and Qihang Liu and Wei-Qiang Chen and Fan Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.07902},
  year   = {2024}
}

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5 pages, 5 figures