Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
1999-02-12
Phys. Rev. Lett., 1999, v. 82, p.4324
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
4 Revtex pages with 4 embedded postscript figure. Some figures are color, but should look OK in B&W as well
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.4324
Ru based perovskites demonstrate an amazing richness in their magnetic properties, including 3D and quasi-2D ferromagnetism, antiferromagnetism, and unconventional superconductivity. Tendency to ferromagnetism, stemming from the unusually large involvement of O in magnetism in ruthenates, leads to ferromagnetic spin fluctuations in Sr2RuO4 and eventually to p-wave superconductivity. A related compound Ca2RuO4 was measured to be antiferromagnetic, suggesting a possibility of antiferromagnetic fluctuations in Sr2RuO4 as well. Here we report first principles calculations that demonstrate that in both compounds the ferro- and antiferromagnetic fluctuations coexist, leading to an actual instability in Ca2RuO4 and to a close competition between p-wave and d-wave superconducting symmetries in Sr2RuO4. The antiferromagnetism in this system appears to be mostly related with the nesting, which is the strongest at Q=(2pi/3,2pi/3,0). Surprisingly, for the Fermiology of Sr2RuO4 the p-wave state wins over the d-wave one everywhere except in close vicinity of the antiferromagnetic instability. The most stable state within the d-wave channel has vanishing order parameter at one out of three Fermi surfaces in Sr2RuO4, while in the p channel its amplitude is comparable at all three of them.
Mazin Igor I.
Singh David J.
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