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Title: Many-body effects on superconductivity mediated by double-magnon processes in altermagnets

Abstract: Altermagnets exhibit a large electron spin splitting which can be understood as a result of strong coupling between itinerant electrons and localized spins. We consider superconductivity due to electron-magnon scattering, using strong-coupling Eliashberg theory to capture many-body effects that are not covered by a weak-coupling approach. The characteristic band structure of altermagnets puts significant constraints on the spin structure of electron scattering on the Fermi surface. We emphasize the role of spin-preserving, double-magnon scattering processes compared to conventional spin-flip processes involving a single magnon. Then, we derive the Eliashberg equations for a situation where double-magnon scattering mediates spin-polarized Cooper pairs, while both double-magnon and single-magnon scatterings contribute to many-body effects. These many-body effects impact superconducting properties in a way that differs significantly from systems where conventional spin-flip processes mediate superconductivity. To highlight the role of $d$-wave magnetism on superconductivity in altermagnets, we compare our results to those found in ferromagnetic half-metals and conventional antiferromagnetic metals.
Comments: 23 pages, 9 figures, accepted in Physical Review B
Subjects: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con); Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
Journal reference: Phys. Rev. B 109, 134515 (2024)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.109.134515
Report number: QuSpin 2024
Cite as: arXiv:2402.14061 [cond-mat.supr-con]
  (or arXiv:2402.14061v2 [cond-mat.supr-con] for this version)

Submission history

From: Kristian Mæland [view email]
[v1] Wed, 21 Feb 2024 19:00:02 GMT (172kb,D)
[v2] Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:47:35 GMT (188kb,D)

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