Anisotropic pairing gap in FeSe

ORAL

Abstract

Superconductivity in FeSe occurs deep inside the nematic phase, but in the absence of any form of magnetic order. As a result, FeSe provides a unique opportunity to investigate pairing in an electronic nematic state, which reconstructs the low-energy band dispersions. We solved the pairing problem within the low-energy model of FeSe, which includes the orbital content of low-energy excitations. We found deep minima of a superconducting gap on the distorted hole pocket. The location of the minima depends on two features: the relative magnitude of the intra-orbital and inter-orbital pairing interactions, and the relative sign of the nematic order parameters on hole and electron pockets. We also discuss a possibility that superconducting order evolves below Tc and breaks time-reversal symmetry below a certain T<Tc. We compare our results with recent experiments in stoichiometric FeSe and S-doped FeSe.

Presenters

  • Jian Kang

    Physics, Florida State, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State Univ

Authors

  • Jian Kang

    Physics, Florida State, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State Univ

  • Debanjan Chowdhury

    MIT, Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Physics, Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT

  • Andrey Chubukov

    Univ of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Physics, University of Minnesota, Department of Physics, Univ of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Univ of Minn - Minneapolis, University of Minnesota, Physics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, School of Physics & Astronomy, Univ of Minnesota - Twin Cities, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota

  • Rafael Fernandes

    School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy, Univ of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Univ of Minn - Minneapolis, School of Phys., Univ. of Minnesota - Minneapolis, University of Minnesota