Strontium ruthenate has long been thought to host a spin-triplet chiral p-wave superconducting state. However, the singlet-like response observed in recent spin-susceptibility measurements casts serious doubts on this pairing state. Together with the evidence for broken time-reversal symmetry and a jump in the shear modulus c66 at the superconducting transition temperature, the newly available experiments point towards an even-parity chiral superconductor. Here, we show how the orbital degree of freedom can encode the two-component nature of this order parameter, allowing for a local orbital-antisymmetric spin-triplet state that is favored by strong Hund’s coupling. We find that this exotic state can be energetically stable once a complete, realistic three-dimensional model is considered. We highlight how the concept of superconducting fitness was used in order to guide our search in parameter space and to discuss how momentum-dependent spin-orbit coupling terms are key.
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2021-02-04T10:00:002021-02-04T11:00:00CM Seminar - The puzzling superconducting order parameter of Sr2RuO4Event Information:
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Strontium ruthenate has long been thought to host a spin-triplet chiral p-wave superconducting state. However, the singlet-like response observed in recent spin-susceptibility measurements casts serious doubts on this pairing state. Together with the evidence for broken time-reversal symmetry and a jump in the shear modulus c66 at the superconducting transition temperature, the newly available experiments point towards an even-parity chiral superconductor. Here, we show how the orbital degree of freedom can encode the two-component nature of this order parameter, allowing for a local orbital-antisymmetric spin-triplet state that is favored by strong Hund’s coupling. We find that this exotic state can be energetically stable once a complete, realistic three-dimensional model is considered. We highlight how the concept of superconducting fitness was used in order to guide our search in parameter space and to discuss how momentum-dependent spin-orbit coupling terms are key.Event Location:
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