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The superconducting phase diagram in a model for tetragonal and cubic systems with strong antiferromagnetic correlations

Superconductivity 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We calculate the superconducting phase diagram as a function of temperature and z-axis anisotropy in a model for tetragonal and cubic systems having strong antiferromagnetic fluctuations. The formal basis for our calculations is the fluctuation exchange approximation (FLEX) applied to the single-band Hubbard model near half-filling. For nearly cubic lattices, two superconducting phase transitions are observed as a function of temperature with the low-temperature state having the time-reversal symmetry-breaking form, dx2y2±id3z2r2d_{x^2 - y^2} \pm id_{3z^2 -r^2}. With increasing tetragonal distortion the time-reversal-symmetry-breaking phase is suppressed giving way to only dx2y2d_{x^2 - y^2} or d3z2r2d_{3z^2 -r^2} single-component phases. Based on these results, we propose that CeIn3_3 is a candidate for exhibiting a time-reversal symmetry-breaking superconducting state.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0401644,
  title  = {The superconducting phase diagram in a model for tetragonal and cubic systems with strong antiferromagnetic correlations},
  author = {J. J. Deisz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0401644},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

4 pages, submitted to Physical Review 21 November 2003