Coupled multiple-mode theory for s ± pairing mechanism in iron based superconductors

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Contributors

  • M. N. Kiselev - , Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Author)
  • D. V. Efremov - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • S. L. Drechsler - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Jeroen Van Den Brink - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • K. Kikoin - , Tel Aviv University (Author)

Abstract

We investigate the interplay between the magnetic and the superconducting degrees of freedom in unconventional multi-band superconductors such as iron pnictides. For this purpose a dynamical mode-mode coupling theory is developed based on the coupled Bethe-Salpeter equations. In order to investigate the region of the phase diagram not too far from the tetracritical point where the magnetic spin density wave, (SDW) and superconducting (SC) transition temperatures coincide, we also construct a Ginzburg-Landau functional including both SC and SDW fluctuations in a critical region above the transition temperatures. The fluctuation corrections tend to suppress the magnetic transition, but in the superconducting channel the intraband and interband contribution of the fluctuations nearly compensate each other.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number37508
JournalScientific reports
Volume6
Publication statusPublished - 29 Nov 2016
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

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