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Weak-coupling theory of topological superconductivity : the case of strontium ruthenate /

This thesis sheds important new light on the puzzling properties of Strontium Ruthenate. Using a sophisticated weak-coupling approach, exact within certain limits, it shows that proper treatment of spin-orbit and multi-band effects is crucial to the physics. Based on the results of these calculation...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scaffidi, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer, [2017]
Colección:Springer theses.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This thesis sheds important new light on the puzzling properties of Strontium Ruthenate. Using a sophisticated weak-coupling approach, exact within certain limits, it shows that proper treatment of spin-orbit and multi-band effects is crucial to the physics. Based on the results of these calculations, it resolves a crucial, long-standing puzzle in the field: It demonstrates why the experimentally observed time-reversal breaking is not incompatible with the observed lack of measurable edge currents. Lastly, the thesis makes predictions for the properties of the material under uniaxial strain, which are in good agreement with recent experiments --resolving the mystery of the so-called 3K phase, and suggesting the intriguing possibility that under strain the superconductor may become conventional.
Notas:"Doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Oxford, UK."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (XVIII, 108 pages) : 33 illustrations, 12 illustrations in color
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783319628677
3319628674