437 research outputs found
Landau-Fermi liquid analysis of the 2D t-t' Hubbard model
We calculate the Landau interaction function f(k,k') for the two-dimensional
t-t' Hubbard model on the square lattice using second and higher order
perturbation theory. Within the Landau-Fermi liquid framework we discuss the
behavior of spin and charge susceptibilities as function of the onsite
interaction and band filling. In particular we analyze the role of elastic
umklapp processes as driving force for the anisotropic reduction of the
compressibility on parts of the Fermi surface.Comment: 10 pages, 16 figure
Temperature Dependence of the Superfluid Density in a Noncentrosymmetric Superconductor
For a noncentrosymmetric superconductor such as CePt3Si, we consider a Cooper
pairing model with a two-component order parameter composed of spin-singlet and
spin-triplet pairing components.
We calculate the superfluid density tensor in the clean limit on the basis of
the quasiclassical theory of superconductivity.
We demonstrate that such a pairing model accounts for an experimentally
observed feature of the temperature dependence of the London penetration depth
in CePt3Si, i.e., line-node-gap behavior at low temperatures.Comment: 10 page
Superconductivity without Local Inversion Symmetry; Multi-layer Systems
While multi-layer systems can possess global inversion centers, they can have
regions with locally broken inversion symmetry. This can modify the
superconducting properties of such a system. Here we analyze two dimensional
multi-layer systems yielding spatially modulated antisymmetric spin-orbit
coupling (ASOC) and discuss superconductivity with mixed parity order
parameters. In particular, the influence of ASOC on the spin susceptibility is
investigated at zero temperature. For weak inter-layer coupling we find an
enhanced spin susceptibility induced by ASOC, which hints the potential
importance of this aspect for superconducting phase in specially structured
superlattices.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, proceedings of the 26th International Conference
on Low Temperature Physics (LT26
On a diffuse interface model for tumour growth with non-local interactions and degenerate mobilities
We study a non-local variant of a diffuse interface model proposed by
Hawkins--Darrud et al. (2012) for tumour growth in the presence of a chemical
species acting as nutrient. The system consists of a Cahn--Hilliard equation
coupled to a reaction-diffusion equation. For non-degenerate mobilities and
smooth potentials, we derive well-posedness results, which are the non-local
analogue of those obtained in Frigeri et al. (European J. Appl. Math. 2015).
Furthermore, we establish existence of weak solutions for the case of
degenerate mobilities and singular potentials, which serves to confine the
order parameter to its physically relevant interval. Due to the non-local
nature of the equations, under additional assumptions continuous dependence on
initial data can also be shown.Comment: 28 page
Using Josephson junctions to determine the pairing state of superconductors without crystal inversion symmetry
Theoretical studies of a planar tunnel junction between two superconductors
with antisymmetric spin-orbit coupling are presented. The half-space Green's
function for such a superconductor is determined. This is then used to derive
expressions for the dissipative current and the Josephson current of the
junction. Numerical results are presented in the case of the Rashba spin-orbit
coupling, relevant to the much studied compound CePtSi. Current-voltage
diagrams, differential conductance and the critical Josephson current are
presented for different crystallographic orientations and different weights of
singlet and triplet components of the pairing state. The main conclusion is
that Josephson junctions with different crystallographic orientations may
provide a direct connection between unconventional pairing in superconductors
of this kind and the absence of inversion symmetry in the crystal.Comment: 16 pages, 10 figure
Surface and vortex structures in noncentrosymmetric superconductors under applied magnetic fields
We investigate how the macroscopic spatial structure of broken inversion
symmetry manifests in noncentrosymmetric superconductors, by the microscopic
broken inversion symmetry of the crystal structure. Based on the time-dependent
Ginzburg-Landau theory including the Pauli paramagnetic effect and the Rashba
interaction, we demonstrate that the centrosymmetric structures of the internal
field and the screening current are broken macroscopically. The flow structure
of paramagnetic supercurrent spontaneously induce the flux flow without
applying external currents.Comment: 5 pages, 8 figures. accepted in Phys. Rev.
Soft Fermi Surfaces and Breakdown of Fermi Liquid Behavior
Electron-electron interactions can induce Fermi surface deformations which
break the point-group symmetry of the lattice structure of the system. In the
vicinity of such a "Pomeranchuk instability" the Fermi surface is easily
deformed by anisotropic perturbations, and exhibits enhanced collective
fluctuations. We show that critical Fermi surface fluctuations near a d-wave
Pomeranchuk instability in two dimensions lead to large anisotropic decay rates
for single-particle excitations, which destroy Fermi liquid behavior over the
whole surface except at the Brillouin zone diagonal.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figures, revised version as publishe
Phenomenological theory of the s-wave state in superconductors without an inversion center
Abstract.: In materials without an inversion center of symmetry the spin degeneracy of the conducting band is lifted by an antisymmetric spin orbit coupling (ASOC). Under such circumstances, spin and parity cannot be separately used to classify the Cooper pairing states. Consequently, the superconducting order parameter is generally a mixture of spin singlet and triplet pairing states. In this paper we investigate the structure of the order parameter and its response to disorder for the most symmetric pairing state (A1). Using the example of the heavy Fermion superconductor CePt3Si, we determine characteristic properties of the superconducting instability. Depending on the type of the pairing interaction, the gap function is characterized by the presence of line nodes. We show that this line nodes move in general upon temperature. Such nodes would be essential to explain recent low-temperature data of thermodynamic quantities such as the NMR-T1 -1, London penetration depth, and heat conductance. Moreover, we study the effect of (non-magnetic) impurity on the superconducting stat
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