Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2009-02-19
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 017002 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
4 pages, 2 eps figures, submitted to PRL, text modified
Scientific paper
The precise nature of unconventional superconductivity in Iron Pnictides is presently a hotly debated issue. Here, using insights from normal state electronic structure and symmetry arguments, we show how an unconventional SC emerges from the bad metal "normal" state. Short-ranged, multi-band spin- and charge correlations generates nodeless SC in the active planar $d_{xz,yz}$ bands, and an inter-band proximity effect induces out-of-plane gap nodes in the passive $d_{3z^{2}-r^{2}}$ band. While very good quantitative agreement with various key observations in the SC state and reconciliation with NMR and penetration depth data in the same picture are particularly attractive features of our proposal, clinching evidence would be an experimental confirmation of c-axis nodes in future work.
Craco Luis
Laad Mukul S.
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