Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2011-03-08
Phys. Rev. B 84, 064514 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
13 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.84.064514
Using a two-channel Anderson model, we develop a theory of composite pairing in the 115 family of heavy fermion superconductors that incorporates the effects of f-electron valence fluctuations. Our calculations introduce "symplectic Hubbard operators": an extension of the slave boson Hubbard operators that preserves both spin rotation and time-reversal symmetry in a large N expansion, permitting a unified treatment of anisotropic singlet pairing and valence fluctuations. We find that the development of composite pairing in the presence of valence fluctuations manifests itself as a phase-coherent mixing of the empty and doubly occupied configurations of the mixed valent ion. This effect redistributes the f-electron charge within the unit cell. Our theory predicts a sharp superconducting shift in the nuclear quadrupole resonance frequency associated with this redistribution. We calculate the magnitude and sign of the predicted shift expected in CeCoIn_5.
Coleman Piers
Flint Rebecca
Nevidomskyy Andriy H.
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