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Structure of the pairing gap from orbital nematic fluctuations
We study superconducting instability from orbital nematic fluctuations in a
minimal model consisting of the and orbitals, and choose
model parameters which capture the typical Fermi surface geometry observed in
iron-based superconductors. We solve the Eliashberg equations down to low
temperatures with keeping the renormalization function and a full momentum
dependence of the pairing gap. When superconductivity occurs in the tetragonal
phase, we find that the pairing gap exhibits a weak momentum dependence over
the Fermi surfaces. The superconducting instability occurs also inside the
nematic phase. When the orbital is occupied more than the
orbital in the nematic phase, a larger (smaller) gap is realized on the
Fermi-surface parts, where the () orbital component is
dominant, leading to a substantial momentum dependence of the pairing gap on
the hole Fermi surfaces. On the other hand, the momentum dependence of the gap
is weak on the electron Fermi surfaces. We also find that while the leading
instability is the so-called -wave symmetry, the second leading one is
-wave symmetry. In particular, these two states are nearly
degenerate in the tetragonal phase whereas such quasi-degeneracy is lifted in
the nematic phase and the -wave symmetry changes to highly
anisotropic -wave symmetry.Comment: 19 pages, 8 figure
Suppression of superconductivity by spin fluctuations in iron-based superconductors
We study the superconducting instability mediated by spin fluctuations in the
Eliashberg theory for a minimal two-band model of iron-based superconductors.
While antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations can drive superconductivity (SC) as
is well established, we find that spin fluctuations necessarily contain a
contribution to suppress SC even though SC can eventually occur at lower
temperatures. This self-restraint effect stems from a general feature of the
spin-fluctuation mechanism, namely the repulsive pairing interaction, which
leads to phase frustration of the pairing gap and consequently the suppression
of SC.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figure
Direct Measurement of Thermal Fluctuation of High-Q Pendulum
We achieved for the first time a direct measurement of the thermal
fluctuation of a pendulum in an off-resonant region using a laser
interferometric gravitational wave detector. These measurements have been well
identified for over one decade by an agreement with a theoretical prediction,
which was derived by a fluctuation-dissipation theorem. Thermal fluctuation is
dominated by the contribution of resistances in coil-magnet actuator circuits.
When we tuned these resistances, the noise spectrum also changed according to a
theoretical prediction. The measured thermal noise level corresponds to a high
quality factor on the order of 10^5 of the pendulum.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
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