Magnetic field-induced gapless state in multiband superconductors

dc.creatorBarzykin, Victor
dc.date2008-07-09
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dc.descriptionWe investigate theoretically the properties of s-wave multiband superconductors in the weak coupling (BCS) limit in the presence of pair-breaking effects of magnetic field. It is shown that a qualitatively new gapless superconducting state must appear in quasi-2D superconductors in magnetic fields parallel to the plane, corresponding to a Sarma state induced on one of the Fermi surfaces. The emergence of the new state in s-wave multiband superconductors in the absence of anisotropy or spin-orbit interaction is usually accompanied by a zero-temperature first-order metamagnetic phase transition. For anisotropic or non s-wave multiband superconductors the order of the zero-temperature metamagnetic transition depends on model parameters, and it may take the form of a smooth crossover. The details of the temperature-magnetic field phase diagram for multiband superconductors are investigated analytically at zero temperature and numerically at a finite temperature. It is shown the zero-temperatures first-order phase transition gives rise to a critical region on the B-T phase diagram. We suggest possible experiments to detect the new gapless state.
dc.description16 pages, 10 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0807.1466
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0807.1466
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. B 79, 134517 (2009)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.134517
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/227690
dc.subjectSuperconductivity
dc.titleMagnetic field-induced gapless state in multiband superconductors
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