Impurity-induced bound states as a signature of pairing symmetry in multiband superconducting CeCu2Si2

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2019-01-11
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Thenotionofmultibandsuperconductivitywithdominanttwo-gapfeatureshasbeenrecentlyappliedtotheunconventionalsuperconductorCeCu2Si2forchallengingthepreviouslyacceptedconceptofnodald-wavepairing.Intheproposedstudy,therealisticmultibandFermisurfacetopologyofCeCu2Si2wasobtainedthroughfirst-principlescalculations,andanalysiswasconductedwithaneffectivetwo-bandhybridizationmodelincludingdetailedbandstructure.WithintheT-matrixapproximation,theobtainedcalculationresultsshowthatdifferentpairingcandidates,includingfullygappeds-wave,loop-nodals-wave,andd-wavepairings,couldyieldqualitativelydistinctfeaturescharacterizedbyimpurity-inducedboundstates.Thesefeaturescanbeverifiedthroughhigh-resolutionscanningtunnelingmicroscopyorspectroscopyandprovidecorroborativejustificationthatwouldbebeneficialfortheongoingresearchregardingthesuperconductinggapsymmetryofCeCu2Si2atambientpressure.