Phonon-mediated unconventional superconductivity in Na<sub>x</sub>CoO<sub>2</sub>·yH<sub>2</sub>O compounds
Ye, Xiao-Shan; Yao, Zi-Jian; Li, Jian-Xin; Ye, Xiao-Shan; National Laboratory of Solid State of Microstructure and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People’s Republic of China; Yao, Zi-Jian; National Laboratory of Solid State of Microstructure and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People’s Republic of China; Li, Jian-Xin; National Laboratory of Solid State of Microstructure and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People’s Republic of China
Журнал:
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Дата:
2008-01-30
Аннотация:
We investigate the symmetry of the superconducting gap induced by dominant small-q phonon scattering in a triangular lattice. Using the energy band appropriate for Na<sub>x</sub>CoO<sub>2</sub>·yH<sub>2</sub>O and solving the BCS-like gap equation within the weak coupling theory self-consistently, we find that an f-wave pairing state is favored in this system. It is a consequence of the combined effects of the momentum decoupling due to the small-q phonon scattering, the anisotropy of the local density of states (DOS) in the momentum space and the sufficient effective Coulomb repulsion. We propose that this scenario may provide a new picture for the superconductivity in Na<sub>x</sub>CoO<sub>2</sub>·yH<sub>2</sub>O compounds.
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