1997/10/29 by Alexander V. Balatsky, A. V. Balatsky, Balatsky, A. V.
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Rare-earth and actinide compounds #Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con) #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9710323
5 pages, Latex file, 1 ps figure file
arxiv created 1997/10/29 · openalex publication_date 1997/10/29 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
It is shown that the patches of complex dxy component are generated around magnetic impurity in the presence of the coupling between orbital moment of the condensate and impurity spin S. Locally induced dxy gap leads to the fully gapped quasiparticle spectrum near impurity. The phase of the induced i dxy component is determined by impurity spin and averages to zero at high temperatures. It is suggested that at low temperature the well defined patches of dxy are formed and they can undergo a phase transition into phase locked state via Josephson effect. Violation of time-reversal symmetry and parity occurs spontaneously via the second order transition. In the ordered phase both impurity magnetization and dxy component of the order parameter develop and are proportional to each other.