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Superconductivity near Itinerant Ferromagnetic Quantum Criticality
Superconductivity mediated by spin fluctuations in weak and nearly
ferromagnetic metals is studied close to the zero-temperature magnetic
transition. We solve analytically the Eliashberg equations for p-wave pairing
and obtain the normal state quasiparticle self-energy and the superconducting
transition temperature as a function of the distance to the quantum
critical point. We show that the reduction of quasiparticle coherence and
life-time due to scattering by quasistatic spin fluctuations is the dominant
pair-breaking process, which leads to a rapid suppression of to a nonzero
value near the quantum critical point. We point out the differences and the
similarities of the problem to that of the theory of superconductivity in the
presence of paramagnetic impurities.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, revised version to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
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