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Chiral d+is superconducting state in the two dimensional t-t' Hubbard model
Applying the recently developed variational approach to Kohn-Luttinger
superconductivity to the t-t' Hubbard model in two dimensions, we have found,
for sizeable next-nearest neighbor hopping, an electron density controlled
quantum phase transition between a d-wave superconducting state close to half
filling and an s-wave superconductor at lower electron density. The transition
occurs via an intermediate time reversal breaking d+is superconducting phase,
which is characterized by nonvanishing chirality and density-current
correlation. Our results suggest the possibility of a bulk time reversal
symmetry breaking state in overdoped cuprates