Sign reversal of the order parameter in s-wave superconductors

Details Sign reversal of the order parameter in s-wave superconductors Sign reversal of the order parameter in s-wave superconductors

1995-01-24

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9501117v2

Physica C 243, 153 (1995)

Physics

Condensed Matter

RevTex; Physica C, in press

Scientific paper

10.1016/0921-4534(94)02445-6

We show that in a superconductor where two or more bands cross the Fermi level it is possible, in the framework of the conventional (s-wave) BCS theory, that the sign of the superconducting gap is different on the different sheets of the Fermi surface. At least one of two conditions has to be satisfied: (1) The interband pairing interaction is weaker than the Coulomb pseudopotential, while the intraband one is stronger, or (2) there is strong interband scattering by magnetic impurities. In the case of YBa$_2$% Cu$_3$O$_7$ we shall argue that the first condition is possibly satisfied, and the second one very likely satisfied. In many aspects such a sign-reversal $s-$wave superconductor is similar to a d-wave superconductor, and thus demands revising recent experiments aimed to distinguish between the $s-$ and $d-$wave superconductivity in this compound.

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