Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
1999-06-07
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
16 page Latex, 3PS file, accepted by J.Phys.Soc.Jpn
Scientific paper
10.1143/JPSJ.68.3054
The microscopic mechanism of circular currents induced in the vicinity of a non-magnetic impurity is analyzed for the (time-reversal symmetry breaking) chiral superconducting state ${\bf d}({\bf k}) = \hat{{\bf z}} (k_x \pm i k_y)$ which is very likely realized in Sr_2RuO_4. From the analytic, not self-consistent solution of the Bogolyubov-de Gennes equations we find two types of quasiparticle states, a bound state and the continuum state. Through impurity scattering the condensate transfers angular momentum to the quasiparticle states which generate a circular current. At low temperature the continuum part of the quasiparticle spectrum gives the main contribution. The non-selfconsistent solution yields a state of finite angular momentum. The comparison with the corresponding Ginzburg-Landau theory reveals the existence of a compensating counterflow created by the superconducting condensate. The currents and magnetic fields appearing around the impurity have possibly been observed by muon spin relaxation measurements.
Matsumoto Masashige
Okuno Yukihiro
Sigrist Mangred
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