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Spin-density-wave instabilities in the organic conductor (TMTSF)_2ClO_4: Role of anion ordering
We study the spin-density-wave instabilities in the quasi-one-dimensional
conductor (TMTSF)_2ClO_4. The orientational order of the anions ClO_4 doubles
the unit cell and leads to the presence of two electrnic bands at the Fermi
level. From the Ginzburg-Landau expansion of the free energy, we determine the
low-temperature phase diagram as a function of the strength of the Coulomb
potential due to the anions. Upon increasing the anion potential, we first find
a SDW phase corresponding to an interband pairing. This SDW phase is rapidly
supressed, the metallic phase being then stable down to zero temperature. The
SDW instability is restored when the anion potential becomes of the order of
the hopping amplitude. The metal-SDW transition corresponds to an intraband
pairing which leaves half of the Fermi surface metallic. At lower temperature,
a second transition, corresponding to the other intraband pairing, takes place
and opens a gap on the whole Fermi surface. We discuss the consequences of our
results for the experimental phase diagram of (TMTSF)_2ClO_4 at high magnetic
field.Comment: 13 pages, 10 figures, Version 2 with minor correction