Emergent superconductivity near the quantum critical point at zero magnetic and Kondo interactions in magnetic Kondo systems

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Abstract

Based on the Majorana-fermion representation of spins, we develop a gauge-invariant renormalized mean-field theory to investigate the Kondo magnetic systems. Here the Hamiltonian of the Kondo magnetic system is composed by nearest-neighbor magnetic interaction JR for localized electrons, conduction electrons with Rashba spin-orbit interaction, and the Kondo interaction JK. By solving the mean-field equations for different carrier density of the conduction electrons nc, we obtain the complete phase diagram in the (JR , JK) space, where four general phases are exhibited as superconducting (SC) state, magnetic (ferromagnetic or anti-ferromagnetic) state, paramagnetic state or Fermi liquid. In particular, we find that near the quantum critical point at JK = JR =0, type of SC states proliferates and can be further classified as d-wave dominant, pure triplet p-wave, and extended s-wave with p-wave mixing SC phases. These SC phases are all connected to the quantum critical point, which provides a unique opportunity for investigating the interplay and transitions between different type of superconducting orders.

*This work was supported by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Taiwan. We also acknowledge support from the Center for Quantum Science and Technology (CQST) within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan.

Presenters

  • Po-Hao Chou

    • National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Authors

  • Po-Hao Chou

    • National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
  • Chung-Yu Mou

    • National TsingHua University
  • Chung-Hou Chung

    • National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University