Superconductivity near a nematic quantum critical point: Interplay between hot and lukewarm regions
Superconductivity near a nematic quantum critical point: Interplay between hot and lukewarm regions
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.98.220501
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发表时间:
2018-12-04
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Chubukov, Andrey
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作者:
Klein, Avraham;Chubukov, Andrey
We present a strong-coupling dynamical theory of the superconducting transition in a metal near a quantum-critical point toward Q = 0 nematic order. We use a fermion-boson model, in which we treat the ratio of effective boson-fermion coupling and the Fermi energy as a small parameter lambda. We solve, both analytically and numerically, the linearized Eliashberg equation. Our solution takes into account both strong fluctuations at small momentum transfers similar to lambda k(F) and weaker fluctuations at large momentum transfers. The strong fluctuations determine T-c which is of order lambda E-2(F) for both s- and d-wave pairing. The weaker fluctuations determine the angular structure of the superconducting order parameter F(theta(k)) along the Fermi surface, separating between hot and lukewarm regions. In the hot regions F(theta(k)) is largest and approximately constant. Beyond the hot region, whose width is theta(h) similar to lambda(1/3), F(theta(k)) drops by a factor lambda(4/3). The s- and d-wave states are not degenerate but the relative difference (T-c(s) - T-c(d))/T-c(s) similar to lambda(2) is small.