Interorbital singlet pairing in Sr2RuO4: A Hund's superconductor

Stefan Käser; Hugo U. R. Strand; Nils Wentzell; Antoine Georges; Olivier Parcollet; Philipp Hansmann

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.105.155101

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Interorbital singlet pairing in Sr2RuO4: A Hund's superconductor

Stefan Käser, Hugo U. R. Strand, Nils Wentzell, Antoine Georges, Olivier Parcollet, Philipp Hansmann

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.155101 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We study the superconducting gap function of Sr2RuO4. By solving the linearized Eliashberg equation with a correlated pairing vertex extracted from a dynamical mean-field calculation we identify the dominant pairing channels. An analysis of the candidate gap functions in orbital and quasiparticle band basis reveals that an interorbital singlet pairing of even parity is in agreement with experimental observations. It reconciles in particular the occurrence of a two-component order parameter with the presence of line nodes of quasiparticles along the c axis in the superconducting phase. The strong angular dependence of the gap along the Fermi surface is in stark contrast to its quasilocality when expressed in the orbital basis. We identify local interorbital spin correlations as the driving force for the pairing and thus reveal the continuation of Hund's physics into the superconducting phase.

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Formula	Reported Tc (K)	Pressure (GPa)	Type
Sr2RuO4 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.	—	Pressure not reported	unknown