A weak coupling CTQMC study of the single impurity and periodic Anderson models with s-wave superconducting baths

Details A weak coupling CTQMC study of the single impurity and periodic Anderson models with s-wave superconducting baths A weak coupling CTQMC study of the single impurity and periodic Anderson models with s-wave superconducting baths

2009-09-14

arxiv.org/abs/0909.2656v2

Phys. Rev. B 81, 024509 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

18 pages, 23 figures, label in fig. 10 corrected

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.81.024509

We apply the unbiased weak-coupling continuous time quantum Monte Carlo (CTQMC) method to review the physics of a single magnetic impurity coupled to s-wave superconducting leads described by the BCS reduced Hamiltonian. As a function of the superconducting gap $\Delta$, we study the signature of the first order transition between the singlet and doublet (local moment) states on various quantities. In particular we concentrate on the Josephson current with 0 to $\pi$ phase shift, the crossing of the Andreev bound states in the single particle spectral function, as well as the local dynamical spin structure factor. Within DMFT, this impurity problem provides a link to the periodic Anderson model with superconducting conduction electrons (BCS-PAM). The first order transition observed in the impurity model is reproduced in the BCS-PAM and is signalized by the crossing of the low energy excitations in the local density of states. The momentum resolved single particle spectral function in the singlet state reveals the coherent, Bloch-like, superposition of Andreev bound states. In the doublet or local moment phase the single particle spectral function is characterized by incoherent quasiparticle excitations.

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