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Sensitivity of the superconducting state and magnetic susceptibility to key aspects of electronic structure in ferropnictides

Journal Article · · New Journal of Physics
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  1. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford University, CA (United States); University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  3. University of Augsburg (Gemany)
  4. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
  5. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
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Experiments on the iron–pnictide superconductors appear to show some materials where the ground state is fully gapped, and others where low-energy excitations dominate, possibly indicative of gap nodes. Within the framework of a five-orbital spin fluctuation theory for these systems, we discuss how changes in the doping, the electronic structure or interaction parameters can tune the system from a fully gapped to a nodal sign-changing gap with s-wave (A1g) symmetry (s±). In particular, we focus on the role of the hole pocket at the (π, π) point of the unfolded Brillouin zone, identified as crucial to the pairing and show that its presence leads to additional nesting of hole and electron pockets, which stabilizes the isotropic s± state. The pocket's contribution to the pairing can be tuned by doping, surface effects and by changes in interaction parameters, which we examine. Analytic expressions for orbital pairing vertices calculated within the random phase approximation (RPA) fluctuation exchange approximation allow us to draw connections between aspects of the electronic structure, interaction parameters and the form of the superconducting gap.
Research Organization:
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-05ER46236
OSTI ID:
2484127
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 986824
Journal Information:
New Journal of Physics, Journal Name: New Journal of Physics Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 12; ISSN 1367-2630
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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