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Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 047005 (2009) [4 pages]

Functional Renormalization-Group Study of the Pairing Symmetry and Pairing Mechanism of the FeAs-Based High-Temperature Superconductor

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Fa Wang1,2, Hui Zhai1,2, Ying Ran1,2, Ashvin Vishwanath1,2, and Dung-Hai Lee1,2
1Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
2Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

Received 11 July 2008; published 29 January 2009

We apply the fermion functional renormalization-group method to determine the pairing symmetry and pairing mechanism of the FeAs-Based materials. Within a five band model with pure repulsive interactions, we find an electronic-driven superconducting pairing instability. For the doping and interaction parameters we have examined, extended s wave, whose order parameter takes on opposite sign on the electron and hole pockets, is always the most favorable pairing symmetry. The pairing mechanism is the inter-Fermi-surface Josephson scattering generated by the antiferromagnetic correlation.

© 2009 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.047005
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.047005
PACS:
74.20.Mn, 74.20.Rp, 74.25.Jb, 74.72.Jt