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SU(2) superconductivity in the negative-U Hubbard model

V. Soni, J. S. Thakur

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.48.12917 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We exhibit an additional SU(2) symmetry of the Hubbard model at half-filling, which suggests a simple physical manifestation of this symmetry in the presence of an applied magnetic field. The system governed by a negative-U Hubbard Hamiltonian will lose its superconductivity at an applied magnetic field well below the critical Hc associated with a conventional superconductor. Though departure from half-filling and the inclusion of a repulsive nearest-neighbor interaction break this symmetry, the above physical effect should still persist strongly and is indicative of a new type of SU(2) superconductor for the negative-U or attractive on-site Hubbard model.

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