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Ferromagnetic fluctuation and possible triplet superconductivity in Na_xCoO_2*yH_2O: Fluctuation-exchange study of multi-orbital Hubbard model
Spin and charge fluctuations and superconductivity in a recently discovered
superconductor Na_xCoO_2*yH_2O are studied based on a multi-orbital Hubbard
model. Tight-binding parameters are determined to reproduce the LDA band
dispersions with the Fermi surface, which consist of a large cylindrical one
around the Gamma-point and six hole pockets near the K-points. By applying the
fluctuation-exchange (FLEX) approximation, we show that the Hund's-rule
coupling between the Co t2g orbitals causes ferromagnetic (FM) spin
fluctuation. Triplet f_{y(y^2-3x^2)}-wave and p-wave pairings are favored by
this FM fluctuation on the hole-pocket band. We propose that, in
Na_xCoO_2*yH_2O, the Co t2g orbitals and inter-orbital Hund's-rule coupling
play important roles on the triplet pairing, and this compound can be a first
example of the triplet superconductor in which the orbital degrees of freedom
play substantial roles.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
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
Pseudogap of Color Superconductivity in Heated Quark Matter
We show that the pseudogap of the quark density of states is formed in hot
quark matter as a precursory phenomenon of the color superconductivity on the
basis of a low-energy effective theory. We clarify that the decaying process of
quarks near Fermi surface to a hole and the diquark soft mode (qq)_{soft} is
responsible for the formation of the pseudogap. Our result suggests that the
pseudogap is a universal phenomenon in strong coupling superconductors.Comment: Introduction is largely rewritten and minor changes are made in other
parts of the text. Some referenes with comments are added. Numerical errors
in the figures are corrected. To appear in Phys. Rev.
Random Spin-orbit Coupling in Spin Triplet Superconductors: Stacking Faults in Sr_2RuO_4 and CePt_3Si
The random spin-orbit coupling in multicomponent superconductors is
investigated focusing on the non-centrosymmetric superconductor CePt_3Si and
the spin triplet superconductor Sr_2RuO_4. We find novel manifestations of the
random spin-orbit coupling in the multicomponent superconductors with
directional disorders, such as stacking faults. The presence of stacking faults
is indicated for the disordered phase of CePt_3Si and Sr_2RuO_4. It is shown
that the d-vector of spin triplet superconductivity is locked to be d = k_y x -
k_x y with the anisotropy \Delta T_c/T_c0 \sim \bar{\alpha}^2/T_c0 W_z, where
\bar{\alpha}, T_c0, and W_z are the mean square root of random spin-orbit
coupling, the transition temperature in the clean limit, and the kinetic energy
along the c-axis, respectively. This anisotropy is much larger (smaller) than
that in the clean bulk Sr_2RuO_4 (CePt_3Si). These results indicate that the
helical pairing state d = k_y x - k_x y in the eutectic crystal
Sr_2RuO_4-Sr_3Ru_2O_7 is stabilized in contrast to the chiral state d = (k_x
\pm i k_y) z in the bulk Sr_2RuO_4. The unusual variation of T_c in CePt_3Si is
resolved by taking into account the weak pair-breaking effect arising from the
uniform and random spin-orbit couplings. These superconductors provide a basis
for discussing recent topics on Majorana fermions and non-Abelian statistics.Comment: J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 79 (2010) 08470
Electron correlation and Fermi surface topology of NaCoO
The electronic structure of NaCoO revealed by recent photoemission
experiments shows important deviations from band theory predictions. The six
small Fermi surface pockets predicted by LDA calculations have not been
observed as the associated band fails to cross the Fermi level for
a wide range of sodium doping concentration . In addition, significant
bandwidth renormalizations of the complex have been observed. We show
that these discrepancies are due to strong electronic correlations by studying
the multi-orbital Hubbard model in the Hartree-Fock and strong-coupling
Gutzwiller approximation. The quasiparticle dispersion and the Fermi surface
topology obtained in the presence of strong local Coulomb repulsion are in good
agreement with experiments.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, revtex4; minor changes, to be published in Phys.
Rev. Let
Analysis of Superconductivity in d-p Model on Basis of Perturbation Theory
We investigate the mass enhancement factor and the superconducting transition
temperature in the d-p model for the high-\Tc cuprates. We solve the
\'Eliashberg equation using the third-order perturbation theory with respect to
the on-site Coulomb repulsion . We find that when the energy difference
between d-level and p-level is large, the mass enhancement factor becomes large
and \Tc tends to be suppressed owing to the difference of the density of
state for d-electron at the Fermi level. From another view point, when the
energy difference is large, the d-hole number approaches to unity and the
electron correlation becomes strong and enhances the effective mass. This
behavior for the electron number is the same as that of the f-electron number
in the heavy fermion systems. The mass enhancement factor plays an essential
role in understanding the difference of \Tc between the LSCO and YBCO
systems.Comment: 4pages, 9figures, to be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jp
Fourth Order Perturbation Theory for Normal Selfenergy in Repulsive Hubbard Model
We investigate the normal selfenergy and the mass enhancement factor in the
Hubbard model on the two-dimensional square lattice. Our purpose in this paper
is to evaluate the mass enhancement factor more quantitatively than the
conventional third order perturbation theory. We calculate it by expanding
perturbatively up to the fourth order with respect to the on-site repulsion
. We consider the cases that the system is near the half-filling, which are
similar situations to high- cuprates. As results of the calculations, we
obtain the large mass enhancement on the Fermi surface by introducing the
fourth order terms. This is mainly originated from the fourth order
particle-hole and particle-particle diagrams. Although the other fourth order
terms have effect of reducing the effective mass, this effect does not cancel
out the former mass enhancement completely and there remains still a large mass
enhancement effect. In addition, we find that the mass enhancement factor
becomes large with increasing the on-site repulsion and the density of
state (DOS) at the Fermi energy . According to many current reseaches,
such large and enhance the effective interaction between
quasiparticles, therefore the superconducting transition temperature
increases. On the other hand, the large mass enhancement leads the reduction of
the energy scale of quasiparticles, as a result, is reduced. When we
discuss , we have to estimate these two competitive effects.Comment: 6pages,8figure
Controllable Rashba spin-orbit interaction in artificially engineered superlattices involving the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn5
By using a molecular beam epitaxy technique, we fabricate a new type of
superconducting superlattices with controlled atomic layer thicknesses of
alternating blocks between heavy fermion superconductor CeCoIn_5, which
exhibits a strong Pauli pair-breaking effect, and nonmagnetic metal YbCoIn_5.
The introduction of the thickness modulation of YbCoIn_5 block layers breaks
the inversion symmetry centered at the superconducting block of CeCoIn_5. This
configuration leads to dramatic changes in the temperature and angular
dependence of the upper critical field, which can be understood by considering
the effect of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction arising from the inversion
symmetry breaking and the associated weakening of the Pauli pair-breaking
effect. Since the degree of thickness modulation is a design feature of this
type of superlattices, the Rashba interaction and the nature of pair-breaking
are largely tunable in these modulated superlattices with strong spin-orbit
coupling.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. Let
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