Published October 29, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Patterns of coexisting superconducting and particle-hole condensates

  • 1. Department of Physics, National Technical University of Athens, GR-15780 Athens (Greece)
  • 2. Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 03E (United Kingdom)

Description

We have studied systematically the influence of particle-hole symmetric and asymmetric kinetic terms on the ordered phases that we may observe competing or coexisting in a tetragonal system. We show that there are precise patterns of triplets of ordered phases that are accessible (i.e. it is impossible to observe two of them without the third one). We found a systematic way to predict these patterns of states and tested it by identifying at least 16 different patterns of three order parameters that necessarily coexist in the presence of the kinetic terms. We show that there are two types of general equations governing the competition of all these triplets of order parameters and we provide them.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/20/43/434234

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0953-8984/20/43/434234;
PII
S0953-8984(08)91406-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
43
Journal Page Range
[7 p.]
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41008407
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
ASYMMETRY; COMPETITION; CONDENSATES; EQUATIONS; HOLES; ORDER PARAMETERS; PARTICLES; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SYMMETRY; TRIPLETS
Descriptors DEC
DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIPLETS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES