Published February 1, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Impurity magnetic moments in unconventional superconductors

  • 1. Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (USA)

Description

An impurity in an unconventional superconductor strongly perturbs the order parameter out to distances of order ξ(T); when the order parameter breaks time-reversal symmetry, a pattern of supercurrents J(R) is set up in the vicinity of the impurity. In this paper we address the question of whether J(R) integrates up to produce a net magnetic moment. In a wide variety of situations the moment vanishes, if the perturbation in the order parameter goes to zero rapidly enough at large distances from the impurity

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Journal Title
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
41
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
1812-1815
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMD