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Longitudinal Spin Fluctuations and Superconductivity in Ferromagnetic ZrZn2 from Ab Initio Calculations

Published inPhysical review letters, vol. 87, no. 24, 247004
Publication date2001
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The recent discovery of superconductivity coexisting with weak itinerant ferromagnetism in the d-electron intermetallic compound ZrZn2 strongly suggests spin-fluctuation mediated superconductivity. Ab initio electronic structure calculations of the Fermi surface and generalized susceptibilities are performed to investigate the viability of longitudinal spin-fluctuation-induced spin-triplet superconductivity in the ferromagnetic state. The critical temperature is estimated to be of the order of 1 K. Additionally, it is shown that in spite of a strong electron-phonon coupling, conventional s-wave superconductivity is inhibited by the presence of strong spin fluctuations.

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SANTI, Gilles, DUGDALE, Stephen, JARLBORG, Thomas N. Longitudinal Spin Fluctuations and Superconductivity in Ferromagnetic ZrZn2 from Ab Initio Calculations. In: Physical review letters, 2001, vol. 87, n° 24, p. 247004. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.247004
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