Effect of Spin Fluctuations on Phonon-Mediated Superconductivity in the Vicinity of a Quantum Critical Point

dc.creatorLoh, Y. L.
dc.creatorLittlewood, P. B.
dc.date2006-11-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:31:30Z
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dc.descriptionWe consider an s-wave superconductor in the vicinity of a second-order ferromagnetic (FM) or spin-density-wave (SDW) quantum critical point (QCP), where the superconductivity and magnetism arise from separate mechanisms. The quantum critical spin fluctuations reduce the superconducting T_c. Near a FM QCP, we find that T_c falls to zero as 1/|ln kappa| in 3D and as kappa in 2D, where kappa ~ |J-J_c|^nu is the inverse correlation length of the spin fluctuations, and measures the distance |J-J_c| from the quantum critical point. SDW quantum critical fluctuations, on the other hand, suppress T_c to zero as sqrt(kappa) in 2D, and suppress T_c only to a finite value in 3D, producing a cusp of the form (const + |J-J_c|^nu).
dc.description9 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0611718
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0611718
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/118776
dc.subjectSuperconductivity
dc.subjectStrongly Correlated Electrons
dc.titleEffect of Spin Fluctuations on Phonon-Mediated Superconductivity in the Vicinity of a Quantum Critical Point
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