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Effects of non-magnetic impurities on spin-fluctuations induced superconductivity

2004/01/14 by S. Dusuel, D. Zanchi
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.str-el #cond-mat.dis-nn

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.93.206401

published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 206401 (2004) · 4 pages, 4 figures. Submitted to PRL

arxiv created 2004/01/14 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We study the effects of non-magnetic impurities on the phase diagram of a system of interacting electrons with a flat Fermi surface. The one-loop Wilsonian renormalization group flow of the angle dependent diffusion function D(θ123) and interaction U(θ123) determines the critical temperature and the nature of the low temperature state. As the imperfect nesting increases the critical temperature decreases and the low temperature phase changes from the spin-density wave (SDW) to the d-wave superconductivity (dSC) and finally, for bad nesting, to the random antiferromagnetic state (RAF). Both SDW and dSC phases are affected by disorder. The pair breaking depends on the imperfect nesting and is the most efficient when the critical temperature for superconductivity is maximal.

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