99 research outputs found
Role of Interchain Hopping in the Magnetic Susceptibility of Quasi-One-Dimensional Electron Systems
The role of interchain hopping in quasi-one-dimensional (Q-1D) electron
systems is investigated by extending the Kadanoff-Wilson renormalization group
of one-dimensional (1D) systems to Q-1D systems. This scheme is applied to the
extended Hubbard model to calculate the temperature () dependence of the
magnetic susceptibility, . The calculation is performed by taking
into account not only the logarithmic Cooper and Peierls channels, but also the
non-logarithmic Landau and finite momentum Cooper channels, which give relevant
contributions to the uniform response at finite temperatures. It is shown that
the interchain hopping, , reduces at low temperatures,
while it enhances at high temperatures. This notable
dependence is ascribed to the fact that enhances the
antiferromagnetic spin fluctuation at low temperatures, while it suppresses the
1D fluctuation at high temperatures. The result is at variance with the
random-phase-approximation approach, which predicts an enhancement of by over the whole temperature range. The influence of both the
long-range repulsion and the nesting deviations on is further
investigated. We discuss the present results in connection with the data of
in the (TMTTF) and (TMTSF) series of Q-1D organic
conductors, and propose a theoretical prediction for the effect of pressure on
magnetic susceptibility.Comment: 17 pages, 19figure
Mechanism for the Singlet to Triplet Superconductivity Crossover in Quasi-One-Dimensional Organic Conductors
Superconductivity of quasi-one-dimensional organic conductors with a
quarter-filled band is investigated using the two-loop renormalization group
approach to the extended Hubbard model for which both the single electron
hopping t_{\perp} and the repulsive interaction V_{\perp} perpendicular to the
chains are included. For a four-patches Fermi surface with deviations to
perfect nesting, we calculate the response functions for the dominant
fluctuations and possible superconducting states. By increasing V_{\perp}, it
is shown that a d-wave (singlet) to f-wave (triplet) superconducting state
crossover occurs, and is followed by a vanishing spin gap. Furthermore, we
study the influence of a magnetic field through the Zeeman coupling, from which
a triplet superconducting state is found to emerge.Comment: 11 pages, 15 figures, published versio
A field-induced reentrant insulator state of a gap-closed topological insulator (Bi_{1-x}Sb_x) in quantum-limit states
In the extreme quantum limit states under high magnetic fields, enhanced
electronic correlation effects can stabilize anomalous quantum states. Using
band-tuning with a magnetic field, we realized a spin-polarized quantum limit
state in the field-induced semimetallic phase of a topological insulator
Bi_{1-x}Sb_x. Further increase in the field injects more electrons and holes to
this state and results in an unexpected reentrant insulator state in this
topological semimetallic state. A single-particle picture cannot explain this
reentrant insulator state, reminiscent of phase transitions due to many-body
effects. Estimates of the binding energy and spacing of electron-hole pairs and
the thermal de Broglie wavelength indicate that Bi_{1-x}Sb_x may host the
excitonic insulator phase in this extreme environment.Comment: 26pages, 6figure
Simple Real-Space Picture of Nodeless and Nodal s-wave Gap Functions in Iron Pnictide Superconductors
We propose a simple way to parameterize the gap function in iron pnictides.
The key idea is to use orbital representation, not band representation, and to
assume real-space short-range pairing. Our parameterization reproduces fairly
well the structure of gap function obtained in microscopic calculation. At the
same time the present parameterization is simple enough to obtain an intuitive
picture and to develop a phenomenological theory. We also discuss
simplification of the treatment of the superconducting state.Comment: 4 page
Quantum Monte Carlo study of the pairing symmetry competition in the Hubbard model
To shed light into the pairing mechanism of possible spin-triplet
superconductors (TMTSF)X and SrRuO, we study the competition among
various spin singlet and triplet pairing channels in the Hubbard model by
calculating the pairing interaction vertex using the ground state quantum Monte
Carlo technique. We model (TMTSF)X by a quarter-filled quasi-one
dimensional (quasi-1D) Hubbard model,and the band of SrRuO by
a two dimensional (2D) Hubbard model with a band filling of . For the
quasi-1D system, we find that triplet -wave pairing not only dominates over
triplet p-wave in agreement with the spin fluctuation theory, but also looks
unexpectedly competitive against d-wave. For the 2D system, although the
results suggest presence of attractive interaction in the triplet pairing
channels, the d-wave pairing interaction is found to be larger than those of
the triplet channels
Three-Dimensional Dirac Electrons at the Fermi Energy in Cubic Inverse Perovskites: Ca_3PbO and its Family
The band structure of cubic inverse perovskites, Ca_3PbO and its family, are
investigated with the first-principles method. A close observation of the band
structure reveals that six equivalent Dirac electrons with a very small mass
exist on the line connecting the Gamma- and X-points, and at the symmetrically
equivalent points in the Brillouin zone. The discovered Dirac electrons are
three-dimensional and remarkably located exactly at the Fermi energy. A
tight-binding model describing the low-energy band structure is also
constructed and used to discuss the origin of the Dirac electrons in this
material. Materials related to Ca_3PbO are also studied, and some design
principles for the Dirac electrons in this series of materials are proposed.Comment: 4.2 pages, refined versio
Single Impurity Problem in Iron-Pnictide Superconductors
Single impurity problem in iron-pnictide superconductors is investigated by
solving Bogoliubov-de Gennes (BdG) equation in the five-orbital model, which
enables us to distinguish s and s superconducting states. We
construct a five-orbital model suitable to BdG analysis. This model reproduces
the results of random phase approximation in the uniform case. Using this
model, we study the local density of states around a non-magnetic impurity and
discuss the bound-state peak structure, which can be used for distinguishing
s and s states. A bound state with nearly zero-energy is found
for the impurity potential eV, while the bound state peaks stick to
the gap edge in the unitary limit. Novel multiple peak structure originated
from the multi-orbital nature of the iron pnictides is also found.Comment: 5 page
On the Meissner Effect of the Odd-Frequency Superconductivity with Critical Spin Fluctuations: Possibility of Zero Field FFLO pairing
We investigate the influence of critical spin fluctuations on electromagnetic
responses in the odd-frequency superconductivity. It is shown that the Meissner
kernel of the odd-frequency superconductivity is strongly reduced by the
critical spin fluctuation or the massless spin wave mode in the
antiferromagnetic phase. These results imply that the superfluid density is
reduced, and the London penetration depth is lengthened for the odd-frequency
pairing. It is also shown that the zero field Flude-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov
pairing is spontaneously realized both for even- and odd-frequency in the case
of sufficiently strong coupling with low lying spin-modes.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figure
The Origin of the Charge Ordering and Its Relevance to Superconductivity in -(BEDT-TTF)X: The Effect of the Fermi Surface Nesting and the Distant Electron-Electron Interactions
The origin of the charge ordering in organic compounds -(BEDT-TTF) ((SCN), Tl,Rb,Co, Cs,Zn) is studied using an extended
Hubbard model. Calculating the charge susceptibility within random phase
approximation (RPA), we find that the charge
ordering observed at relatively high temperatures can be considered as a
consequence of a cooperation between the Fermi surface nesting, controlled by
the hopping integral in the direction, and the electron-electron
interactions, where the distant (next nearest neighbor) interactions that have
not been taken into account in most of the previous studies play an important
role.Mean field analysis at T=0 also supports the RPA results, and further
shows that in the charge ordered state, some portions of the Fermi
surface remain ungapped and are nested with a nesting vector close to the
modulation wave vector of the horizontal stripe ordering observed at low
temperatures in (SCN). We further study the possibility of
superconductivity by taking into account the distant off-site repulsions and
the band structure corresponding to I, in which superconductivity is
experimentally observed. We find that there is a close competition between
-wave-like singlet pairing and -wave-like triplet pairing due
to a cooperation between the charge and the spin fluctuations. The present
analysis provides a possible unified understanding of the experimental phase
diagram of the -(BEDT-TTF) family, ranging from a charge ordered
insulator to a superconductor.Comment: 13 pages, 18 figures (Figs.5,6,7,14,15,18 compressed using jpeg2ps
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