Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2006-06-06
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
2 pages, 1 figure, Proceedings of the M2S-HTSC conference in Dresden. Requires elsart.sty (included)
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physc.2007.03.377
The superconductor Sr_2RuO_4 is widely believed to be a spin triplet system with a chiral order parameter analogous to the A phase of superfluid helium-3. The best evidence for this pairing state is that the Knight shift or spin susceptibility measured in neutron scattering is constant below T_c, unlike in a spin-singlet superconductor. The original Knight shift and neutron scattering measurements were performed for magnetic fields aligned in the ruthenate a-b plane. These would be consistent with a triplet d-vector d{k} aligned along the c-axis. However recently the Knight shift for fields along c was also found to be constant below T_c, which is not expected for this symmetry state. In this paper we show that while spin-orbit interaction stabilises the c-axis oriented d-vector, it is possible that only a very small external B field may be sufficient to rotate the d-vector into the a-b plane. In this case the triplet pairing model remains valid. We discuss characteristics of the transition and the prospects to detect it in thermodynamic quantities.
Annett James F.
Györffy Balazs L.
Litak Grzegorz
Wysokinski Karol Izydor
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