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Phys. Rev. B 75, 064507 (2007) [5 pages]

Superconducting phase diagram in a model for tetragonal and cubic systems with strong antiferromagnetic correlations

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J. J. Deisz
Department of Physics, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614, USA

Received 20 October 2006; published 15 February 2007

We calculate the superconducting phase diagram as a function of temperature and z-axis anisotropy in a model for tetragonal and cubic systems having strong antiferromagnetic fluctuations. The formal basis for our calculations is the fluctuation exchange approximation applied to the single-band Hubbard model near half-filling. For nearly cubic lattices, two superconducting phase transitions are observed as a function of temperature with the low-temperature state having the time-reversal symmetry-breaking form dx2y2±id3z2r2. With increasing tetragonal distortion, the time-reversal symmetry-breaking phase is suppressed, giving way to only dx2y2 or d3z2r2 single-component phases. Based on these results, we propose that a time-reversal symmetry-breaking superconducting state may be found in cubic systems with pairing driven by antiferromagnetic fluctuations.

© 2007 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.064507
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.75.064507
PACS:
74.20.Mn, 71.10.Fd, 74.20.Rp