Amperean Pairing Instability in the U(1) Spin Liquid State with Fermi Surface and Application to κ−(BEDT−TTF)2Cu2(CN)3\kappa-(BEDT-TTF)_2 Cu_2 (CN)_3

Recent experiments on the organic compound $\kappa-(BEDT-TTF)_2 Cu_2 (CN)_3$ raise the possibility that the system may be described as a quantum spin liquid. Here we propose a pairing state caused by the `Amperean' attractive interaction between spinons on a Fermi surface mediated by the U(1) gauge field. We show that this state can explain many of the observed low temperature phenomena and discuss testable consequences.Comment: 4+ pages, 1 fi