Superconductivity from repulsive electronic correlations on alternant cuprate and iron-based lattices

• A key question in the theory of high-temperature superconductivity is whether off-diagonal long-range order can be induced wholly or in large part by repulsive electronic correlations. Electron pairs on cuprate and the iron-based pnictide and chalcogenide alternant lattices may interact with a strong short-range Coulomb repulsion and much weaker longer range attractive tail. Here, we show that such interacting electrons can cooperate to produce a superconducting state in which time-reversed electron pairs effectively avoid the repulsive part but reside predominantly in the attractive region of the potential. The alternant lattice structure is a key feature of such a stabilization mechanism leading to the occurrence of high-temperature superconductivity with d(x2-y2) or sign alternating s-wave or s +/- condensate symmetries. 

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

high Tc superconductivity

off-diagonal long-range order

cuprates

pnictides

Coulomb repulsion

Fysik med inriktning mot kvantkemi

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