Spin-Triplet Pairing Induced by Hund's Rule Exchange in Orbitally Degenerate Systems: Hartree-Fock Approximation
M. Zegrodnika and J. Spałeka, b
aAGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
bMarian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, W.S. Reymonta 4, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
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We discuss the spin-triplet pairing mechanism induced by the Hund rule ferromagnetic exchange. We include explicitly the effect of interband hybridization and treat the problem by starting from an extended Hubbard model for a doubly degenerate band, making the simplest Hartree-Fock approximation for the part involving the pairing and the Hubbard interaction. The conditions of stability of various phases are determined as a function of both band filling and microscopic parameters. The phase diagram contains regions of stability of the spin-triplet superconducting phase coexisting with either saturated or non-saturated ferromagnetism. Phase diagrams for the cases of constant density of states and that of square lattice have been provided. The influence of hybridization on the stability of considered phases, as well as the temperature dependences of magnetic moment and the superconducting gap are also discussed.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.121.1051
PACS numbers: 74.20.-z, 74.25.Dw, 75.10.Lp