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CeRh2As2 is rare among superconductors, in that magnetic field tunes it between two distinct superconducting phases. Combined with a lack of local inversion symmetry and an upper critical field exceeding the Pauli paramagnetic limit, this…

We review the current understanding of superconductivity in the quasi-one-dimensional organic conductors of the Bechgaard and Fabre salt families. We discuss the interplay between superconductivity, antiferromagnetism, and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-11 N. Dupuis , C. Bourbonnais , J. C. Nickel

The nature of unconventional superconductivity is intimately linked to the microscopic nature of the pairing interactions. In this work, motivated by cubic heavy fermion compounds with embedded multipolar moments, we theoretically…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-03-07 Adarsh S. Patri , Yong Baek Kim

The paper presents a theory of superconducting states in metals with toroidal symmetry.

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-10-01 V. P. Mineev

An investigation of possibilities for superconductivity mediated by spin fluctuations in some elementary metals is motivated by the recent discovery of superconductivity in the hcp high-pressure phase of iron. The electronic structure, the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-31 T. Jarlborg

The authors discuss the possibility of coexistence of antiferromagnetism and triplet superconductivity as a particular example of a broad class of systems where the interplay of magnetism and superconductivity is important. This paper…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 Wei Zhang , C. A. R. Sa de Melo

The competition between antiferromagnetism and the $d+id$ superconducting state is studied in a model with near and next near neighbour interactions in the absence of any on-site repulsion. A mean field study shows that it is possible to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 Tulika Maitra , H. Beck , A. Taraphder

The discovery of materials that simultaneously host different phases of matter has often initially confounded, but ultimately enhanced, our basic understanding of the coexisting types of order. The associated intellectual challenges,…

We present new results for the properties of phases and phase transitions in spin-triplet ferromagnetic superconductors. The superconductivity of the mixed phase of coexistence of ferromagnetism and unconventional superconductivity is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 Diana V. Shopova , Dimo I. Uzunov

Unconventional superconductivity, where electron pairing does not involve electron-phonon interactions, is often attributed to magnetic correlations in a material. Well known examples include high-T_c cuprates and uranium-based heavy…

Symmetry breaking beyond a global U(1) phase is the key signature of unconventional superconductors. As prototypical strongly correlated materials, heavy-fermion metals provide ideal platforms for realizing unconventional superconductivity.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-12-23 Emilian M. Nica , Sheng Ran , Lin Jiao , Qimiao Si

In a superconductor electrons form pairs and electric transport becomes dissipation-less at low temperatures. Recently discovered iron based superconductors have the highest superconducting transition temperature next to copper oxides. In…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-12-02 Xianhui Chen , Pengcheng Dai , Donglai Feng , Tao Xiang , Fu-Chun Zhang

Superconductivity develops in metals upon the formation of a coherent macroscopic quantum state of electron pairs. Iron pnictides and chalcogenides are materials that have high superconducting transition temperatures. In this Review, we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-04-14 Qimiao Si , Rong Yu , Elihu Abrahams

Topological quantum materials hold great promise for future technological applications. Their unique electronic properties, such as protected surface states and exotic quasiparticles, offer opportunities for designing novel electronic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-05-28 Christian Stefan Gruber , Mahmoud Abdel-Hafiez

We analyze the pairing instability of an altermagnetic metal on a square lattice driven by an attractive nearest-neighbor interaction. This interaction enables multiple pairing channels, including even-parity extended $s$-wave and $d$-wave…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-16 Hui Hu , Zhao Liu , Jia Wang , Xia-Ji Liu , Yoji Ohashi

The formalism of composite and intertwined orders has been remarkably successful in discussing the complex phase diagrams of strongly correlated materials and high-$T_c$ superconductors. Here, we propose that composite orders are also…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-11-13 R. Matthias Geilhufe

The exchange interaction at interfaces between superconductors (SCs) and ferromagnets (FMs) has been a central topic in condensed matter physics for many decades, starting with the prediction of exotic phases such as the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-09 Tao Yu , Xi-Han Zhou , Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Irina Bobkova

A model is introduced describing the interplay between superconductivity and spin-ordering. It is characterized by on-site repulsive electron-electron interactions, causing antiferromagnetism, and nearest-neighbor attractive interactions,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 C. N. A. van Duin , J. Zaanen

Some of the highest-transition-temperature superconductors across various materials classes exhibit linear-in-temperature `strange metal' or `Planckian' electrical resistivities in their normal state. It is thus believed by many that this…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-07-22 D. H. Nguyen , A. Sidorenko , M. Taupin , G. Knebel , G. Lapertot , E. Schuberth , S. Paschen

Thanks to the discovery in the last decade of three uranium ferromagnetic superconductors, UGe2, URhGe and UCoGe, the fascinating aspects of the interplay between the triplet state of Cooper pairing and ferromagnetism have emerged.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-07-19 Dai Aoki , Frederic Hardy , Atsushi Miyake , Valentin Taufour , Tatsuma D. Matsuda , Jacques Flouquet