Abstract
We present the results of precise correlated-electron calculations on the monomer lattices of the organic charge-transfer solids κ-(BEDT-TTF)2X for 32 and 64 molecular sites. Our calculations are for band parameters corresponding to X=Cu[N(CN)2]Cl and Cu2(CN)3, which are semiconducting antiferromagnetic and quantum spin liquid, respectively, at ambient pressure. We have performed our calculations for variable electron densities ρ per BEDT-TTF molecule, with ρ ranging from 1 to 2. We find that d-wave superconducting pair-pair correlations are enhanced by electron-electron interactions only for a narrow carrier concentration about ρ=1.5, which is precisely the carrier concentration where superconductivity in the charge-transfer solids occurs. Our results indicate that the enhancement in pair-pair correlations is not related to antiferromagnetic order, but to a proximate hidden spin-singlet state that manifests itself as a charge-ordered state in other charge-transfer solids. Long-range superconducting order does not appear to be present in the purely electronic model, suggesting that electron-phonon interactions also must play a role in a complete theory of superconductivity.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 205111 |
| Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue number | 20 |
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| State | Published - May 9 2016 |
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Coulomb enhancement of superconducting pair-pair correlations in a 34 -filled model for κ-(BEDT-TTF)2X. / De Silva, W. Wasanthi; Gomes, N.; Mazumdar, Sumitendra; Clay, R. T.
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T1 - Coulomb enhancement of superconducting pair-pair correlations in a 34 -filled model for κ-(BEDT-TTF)2X
AU - De Silva, W. Wasanthi
AU - Gomes, N.
AU - Mazumdar, Sumitendra
AU - Clay, R. T.
PY - 2016/5/9
Y1 - 2016/5/9
N2 - We present the results of precise correlated-electron calculations on the monomer lattices of the organic charge-transfer solids κ-(BEDT-TTF)2X for 32 and 64 molecular sites. Our calculations are for band parameters corresponding to X=Cu[N(CN)2]Cl and Cu2(CN)3, which are semiconducting antiferromagnetic and quantum spin liquid, respectively, at ambient pressure. We have performed our calculations for variable electron densities ρ per BEDT-TTF molecule, with ρ ranging from 1 to 2. We find that d-wave superconducting pair-pair correlations are enhanced by electron-electron interactions only for a narrow carrier concentration about ρ=1.5, which is precisely the carrier concentration where superconductivity in the charge-transfer solids occurs. Our results indicate that the enhancement in pair-pair correlations is not related to antiferromagnetic order, but to a proximate hidden spin-singlet state that manifests itself as a charge-ordered state in other charge-transfer solids. Long-range superconducting order does not appear to be present in the purely electronic model, suggesting that electron-phonon interactions also must play a role in a complete theory of superconductivity.
AB - We present the results of precise correlated-electron calculations on the monomer lattices of the organic charge-transfer solids κ-(BEDT-TTF)2X for 32 and 64 molecular sites. Our calculations are for band parameters corresponding to X=Cu[N(CN)2]Cl and Cu2(CN)3, which are semiconducting antiferromagnetic and quantum spin liquid, respectively, at ambient pressure. We have performed our calculations for variable electron densities ρ per BEDT-TTF molecule, with ρ ranging from 1 to 2. We find that d-wave superconducting pair-pair correlations are enhanced by electron-electron interactions only for a narrow carrier concentration about ρ=1.5, which is precisely the carrier concentration where superconductivity in the charge-transfer solids occurs. Our results indicate that the enhancement in pair-pair correlations is not related to antiferromagnetic order, but to a proximate hidden spin-singlet state that manifests itself as a charge-ordered state in other charge-transfer solids. Long-range superconducting order does not appear to be present in the purely electronic model, suggesting that electron-phonon interactions also must play a role in a complete theory of superconductivity.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.205111
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.205111
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JO - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
JF - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
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