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Low-lying excitations around a single vortex in a d-wave superconductor
A full quantum-mechanical treatment of the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equation for
a single vortex in a d-wave superconductor is presented. First, we find
low-energy states extended in four diagonal directions, which have no
counterpart in a vortex of s-wave superconductors. The four-fold symmetry is
due to 'quantum effect', which is enhanced when is small. Second,
for , a peak with a large energy gap is
found in the density of states, which is due to the formation of the lowest
bound states.Comment: 7pages, Revte
Impurity scattering in unconventional density waves: non-crossing approximation for arbitrary scattering rate
We present a detailed theoretical study on the thermodynamic properties of
impure quasi-one dimensional unconventional charge-, and spin-density waves in
the framework of mean-field theory. The impurities are of the ordinary
non-magnetic type. Making use of the full self-energy that takes into account
all ladder-, and rainbow-type diagrams, we are able to calculate the relevant
low temperature quantities for arbitrary impurity concentration and scattering
rates. These are the density of states, specific heat and the shift in the
chemical potential. Our results therefore cover the whole parameter space: they
include both the self-consistent Born and the resonant unitary limits, and most
importantly give exact results in between.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figure
Enhancement of Superconductivity in Disordered Films by Parallel Magnetic Field
We show that the superconducting transition temperature T_c(H) of a very thin
highly disordered film with strong spin-orbital scattering can be increased by
parallel magnetic field H. This effect is due to polarization of magnetic
impurity spins which reduces the full exchange scattering rate of electrons;
the largest effect is predicted for spin-1/2 impurities. Moreover, for some
range of magnetic impurity concentrations the phenomenon of {\it
superconductivity induced by magnetic field} is predicted: superconducting
transition temperature T_c(H) is found to be nonzero in the range of magnetic
fields .Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Possible f-wave superconductivity in SrRuO?
Until recently it has been believed that the superconductivity in
SrRuO is described by p-wave pairing. However, both the recent specific
heat and the magnetic penetration depth measurements on the purest single
crystals of SrRuO appear to be explained more consistently in terms of
f-wave superconductivity. In order to further this hypothesis, we study
theoretically the thermodynamics and thermal conductivity of f-wave
superconductors in a planar magnetic field. We find the simple expressions for
these quantities when and , which should be
readily accessible experimentally.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figure
Anisotropic s-wave superconductivity: comparison with experiments on MgB2 single crystals
The recently discovered superconductivity in MgB2 has captured world
attention due to its simple crystal structure and relatively high
superconducting transition temperature Tc=39K. It appears to be generally
accepted that it is phonon-mediated s-wave BCS-like superconductivity.
Surprisingly, the strongly temperature dependent anisotropy of the upper
critical field, observed experimentally in magnesium diboride single crystals,
is still lacking a consistent theoretical explanation. We propose a simple
single-gap anisotropic s-wave order parameter in order to compare its
implications with the prediction of a multi-gap isotropic s-wave model. The
quasiparticle density of states, thermodynamic properties, NMR spin-lattice
relaxation rate, optical conductivity, and Hc2 anisotropy have been analyzed
within this anisotropic s-wave model. We show that the present model can
capture many aspects of the unusual superconducting properties of MgB2
compound, though more experimental data appear to be necessary from single
crystal MgB2.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures, some minor changes, to appear in Europhys. Let
Out of plane optical conductivity in d-wave superconductors
We study theoretically the out of plane optical conductivity of d-wave
superconductors in the presence of impurities at T=0K. Unlike the usual
approach, we assume that the interlayer quasi-particle transport is due to
coherent tunneling. The present model describes the T^2 dependence of the out
of plane superfluid density observed in YBCO and Tl2201 for example. In the
optical conductivity there is no Drude peak in agreement with experiment, and
the interlayer Josephson tunneling is also assured in this model. In the
unitary limit we predict a step like behaviour around omega=Delta in both the
real and imaginary part of the optical conductivity.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figure
Pair-breaking in iron-pnictides
The puzzling features of the slopes of the upper critical field at the
critical temperature , , and of the
specific heat jump of iron-pnictides are interpreted as
caused by a strong pair-breaking
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