Superconductivity without attraction in a quasi-one-dimensional metal

A. V. Rozhkov

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.224520

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Superconductivity without attraction in a quasi-one-dimensional metal

A. V. Rozhkov

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.224520 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

An array of one-dimensional conductors coupled by transverse hopping and interaction is studied with the help of a variational wave function. This wave function is devised to account for one-dimensional correlation effects. We show that under broad conditions our system possesses the superconducting ground state even if no attraction is present. The superconducting mechanism is of many-body nature and deviates substantially from BCS. The phase diagram of the model is mapped. It consists of two ordered phases competing against each other: density wave, spin or charge, and unconventional superconductivity. These phases are separated by the first-order transition. The symmetry of the superconducting order parameter is a nonuniversal property, which depends on the particulars of the Hamiltonian. Within the framework of our model the possible choices are the triplet f-wave and the singlet dxy-wave. Organic quasi-one-dimensional superconductors have similar phase diagram.