2002/03/28 by G. Litak, J. F. Annett, B. L. Gyorffy +1
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.supr-con
published as in "New Trends in Superconductivity", Eds. J.F. Annett and S. Kruchinin (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht 2002) pp. 307-316 · 10 pages, 6 figures
arxiv created 2002/03/28 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
Two models for the superconducting state of Sr2RuO4 have been analyzed. In an "orbital model" the in-plane and out of-plane interactions between electrons on neighboring Ru atoms are assumed to be attractive. In spite of the single particle hybrisation of the orbitals the model shows two superconducting transitions and fine-tuning of parameters is necessary to get a single transition. Otherwise the model correctly describes a number of experimental data. The "orbital proximity model" introduced here assumes the existence of special kind of inter-orbital interaction, which mixes the symmetries of the order parameters. This model naturally shows single temperature transition, but as our calculations indicate, does not lead to correct dependence of the electronic specific heat.